This was of course not true but many Japanese Americans paid the price by being forced into ten internment camps located throughout the western United States. .
At this time, the American government established The Alien Enemy Act of 1798, which "permitted the summary apprehension and internment of Nationals of States at war with the US"" (Gardiner viii). It was because of this act the President had the right to force all the Japanese into camps isolated from the rest of society. Therefore the Japanese could do very little to resist interment. Also the government had the support from many non-Japanese American Citizens that voiced strong opinions of the Japanese. Many of these "racists"" did not associate with any Japanese after the bombings exiling them from their community. One man justified the government's decision to intern the Japanese saying, "everywhere that the Japanese have attacked to date, the Japanese population has risen to aid the attackers. What is there to make the government believe that the same wouldn't be true in California"" (Krug 109). Shortly after Executive Order 9066 came out, Japanese Americans prepared the best they could to be relocated. Many of these people had very little time to pack up their belongings. "People that lived on Terminal Island and San Pedro had approximately 24 to 48 hours to dispose all of their personal property and everything" "(Hansen 63). These people against their will were forced to abandon everything from their hard earned businesses, valuable belongings and their home. From a Japanese American woman's perspective she quotes, "we stood helplessly when people, who we thought were our friends, came by and said, 'I'll give you $2 for your stove, $1.50 for your fridge'" "(Hansen 63). These items that the Japanese Americans owned were sold to white people for prices that are close to robbery. These people were taking advantage of the situation and claimed whatever was once a Japanese Americans to be theirs.