Relocation Centers of Japanese-Americans (1942-1943) Throughout the spring and summer of 1942, the United States Government planned and carried out without serious incident, one of the largest controlled migrations in history. ... Food was provided by the government for the evacuee residents. ... Evacuees worked on farms which were government-owned or -leased farmlands. ... Medical care was also provided by the government free of charge to all residents. ... His order called for the eviction and internment of all Japanese-Americans. ...

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Chinese writer Lu Xun and Japanese right-wing philosopher Kita Ikki are profiled as intellectuals who sought to resolve the conflict between the national character and international standing of their homelands. ... However this rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by the combined armed forces of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and the U.S.A. ... A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. ... Inside Japan Japan's post-war economic growth comes in the context of an increasingly interconnect...

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This gives the government the ability to tap phones and to detain people for almost no reason at all. ... In the 1940s, for example, Congress wanted to keep America safe from Japan. ... (Something very similar to what President Bush and Sec. of State Ashcroft are doing) This executive order basically forced all American citizens of Japanese heritage to temporarily move to "relocation camps". ... Granted, I realize it would be a waste of the government's time and money to listen to me talk about what my grade was on my last test, and I also acknowledge that the government isn't going ...

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On this date, the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii. ... These military camps were created to house Japanese Americans during World War II. ... " These Japanese Americans had not broken any laws and yet they were put in camps. ... In the Declaration of Independence, which was the original layout for American government and law, all citizens of the United States have the unalienable right to property, and that was one of the many things taken away from Japanese Americans in Executive Order 9066. ... The US government gave a citizen award to Fred Korematsu and had t...

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One negative consequence was the creation of Japanese internment camps. Since the Japanese were the one's responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and were one of the allie's enemies, Japanese living in America were prejudged. The government accused many American-Asians of spying and conspiring with Japan. ... The government translated them to private communities, which were distanced from American civilization. ... Although there was n direct violence, it was still traumatizing to be "kidnapped" by the government, as most Japanese-Americans were. ...

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His address to the Congress, given the day after the Japanese bombardment, consists of an informative request of the Congress to declare war on Japan. ... In one portion of the speech, Roosevelt listed the numerous targets of the Japanese: "Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched attack against Malaya. "Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. "Last night, Japanese forces attacked Guam. ... "Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island. ...

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American B-29s dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... (Doc A) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill embodied the motivation of the US government to use the Atomic bomb by describing it as "the end of the whole war in one or two violent shocks a merciful abridgement of the slaughter in the East." ... The Japanese, on the other hand, had no intention of ending the war anytime soon. ... (Doc B) Yet despite all this devastation, the Japanese leaders failed to cede. ... The President wanted to save American lives and force a quick surrender of the Jap...

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Just like Hitler blamed the German Jews for the defeat of Germany in WWI, Americans came to blame the American Japanese for the defeat of their forces in Pearl Harbor. As there was no evidence of the German Jews activities against their German government also there was no conclusive evidence of even a single American Japanese engaged in betrayal against America. ... The three leaders believed that Fascism was the best type of government. ... Then on December 7, 1941, Japanese B-17 fighter planes attack the U.S. ...

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Moving Cautiously Away from Neutrality Sept 8 1939 Roosevelt calls a specials session of congress to revise Neutrality Acts When they met, Roosevelt proposed a "cash and carry" provision this let other nations buy arms from the US if they paid cash and brought them home on their own ships This would help keep the US out of the war The Axis Threat Summer of 1940 France had fallen, Britain was under siege by German Luftwaffe Sept 1940 Japan, Germany, Italy signed the Tripartite Pact and they became known as the Axis Powers Under the treaty watch country agreed to come to...

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FDR points fingers full of fear at the Japanese Americans in the US. ... On February 19, 1942 Roosevelt had signed Executive order 9066 which forcibly relocated Japanese Americans due to the fear of aiding the Japanese in World War II. ... People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... " which shows Japanese Americans picking up a bar of TNT waiting for Japan to signal to fire it off in the United States. ... They should which is why Japanese Internment in America violates the Bill of Rights which first amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an estab...

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The Japanese bombing of pearl harbor that pushed America into WW II brought a large persecution of Asian Americans along with it. Many Japanese were involuntarily moved to internment camps during the war to lessen the fear of a Japanese threat on the homefront. This led to many having speculation whether the placing of the japanese in internment camps was constitutional or not, and if the U.S had any good reason to place the Japanese in internment camps (Doc 4). The government, while disenfranchising the Japanese, also involuntarily turned the majority of Americans against Asian Americans in g...

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As part of the war effort, the government began to actively encourage women to apply for war jobs. ... However, the most severe examples of racial stereotypes were those embodied by the treatment of Japanese-Americans after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt issued an executive order that required all Japanese-Americans on the west coast to sell their property in a matter of days and report to be transported to internment camps for the duration of the war. ... Negative effects were much more dubious such as the subjugation of Japanese Americans and the isolation of people who spo...

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Basically, the only ones who were profiting from the war were the businessmen and the government. ... (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." ... (Zinn, 411) China provided the U.S. with tin and rubber, and when Japan started to move into China America felt threatened. (Zinn, 410) As a result, the United States cut off Japan's supply of its resources, iron and oil, aware that "these measures were a clear and potent threat to Japan's very existence." ... In WWI, the public fought for something only the gove...

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To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... American military Aviation in 1938 was able to produce only 1,800, 300 less than Germany, and 1,400 less than Japan. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did play a major role in the declaration of the Neutrality. ... Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... This also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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To try to understand this we must look both at the people's and the government's point of view. ... For most of the 1930's the United States traded as openly with Germany and Japan, as it did with any other country. Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... On December 6, 1941 the Japanese Air force led a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, completely destroying the port. ... This misconception also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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In 1904, hostilities between Russia and Japan allowed Roosevelt to demonstrate his authority and gave him the opportunity to expand American influence into Asia. As the war began to show the loss of Japanese troops and money, Tokyo officials "approached Roosevelt in the deepest secrecy and asked him to help sponsor peace negotiations," (Bailey, Cohen, and Kennedy, 659). ... The resolution that was agreed upon left American affairs with Russia and Japan less than favorable. ... The Japanese people were outraged at the matter and the threat of war motivated President Roosevelt to resolve the...

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Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. Finally, the government finished their investigations, revealing no signs of wrongdoing. ... Next, he issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan, looking for their surrender in exchange. When Japan refused, Truman authorized the drop of the bomb on Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. Japan's casualties were immense and they had no choice but to surrender. ...

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The American people were unable to help themselves so they turned to the government. ... The new deal included the creation of many new government agencies one of the most famous was social security. ... It wasn't until the empire of Japan maliciously raided and attacked the United States that president Roosevelt felt we had to retaliate. Immediately following the Japanese attack on December 7th 1941 president Roosevelt asked the congress to declare a state of war....

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Many people had to depend on the government or charity to provide them with food. ... Roosevelt's reforms gave the government more power and helped people get through the depression. ... The depression caused some nations to change their leaders and their types of government. The poor economic conditions of these times led to the rise of the German dictator Adolph Hitler and to the Japanese invasion of China.The Great Depression was known as the worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the United States. ... Depression makes some people lose there faith in government which th...

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He gained national exposure in his second term as the chairman of the Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program and his opposition to corruption in government operations, while remaining loyal to Roosevelt. ... Some of the tasks included the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and approving the surrender of the Japanese government. ...

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The New Deal consisted of a series of government programs designed to aid the public through the creation of work and the strengthening of government to insure the banks and provide security for workers of old age and individuals with disabilities. ... He handled World War 2 very well but died April 12, 1945 just before it ended in May in Europe and August in Japan....

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