Although Jeanne's family had some typical Japanese traditions, none of the children spoke any Japanese. ... Prior to being sent to actual camps, Japanese Americans were forced to live in specific communities which were chosen by the U.S. government. ... The Wakatsuki's and other Japanese Americans had now become a threat to the nation in the minds of the government. ... The U.S. government and voice of mainstream white America had taken away Jeanne's normal American life in a matter of days. ... Her father was taken to prison on charges based solely on racist accusations from th...

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Before 1941, the Japanese had been behaving very imperialistically. ... In July of 1941, the Japanese Empire invaded the remainder of French Indochina. ... (Revolutionary) Simply put, the western empires and the Japanese empires crashed in the Pacific and Japan was the first to strike; the United States had an empire that Japan wanted. However, government officials should have foreseen this problem and prepared one of the furthest and most diplomatically important military bases further against the possibility of Japanese aggression. ... Another sign was that the Japanese attack was not th...

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... Despite this, he still faced criticism for increased government spending and unbalanced budgets. ... Following this, General Tojo Hideki became Japan's leader in mid-October of that same year. ... The first wave of the Japanese fleet had left behind only 6 aircraft carriers. ... When Saddam made it publicly clear that he was not going to leave, Bush immediately ordered the invasion of Iraq, called Operation Iraqi freedom, to look for nuclear weapons and to stabi...

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