Executive Order

Return to Japanese Internment in WWII

Due to the pressure from leaders throughout the Pacific, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19th, 1942. http://multimedialearningllc.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/japanese_intern_lg.jpg

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“Under the terms of the Order, some 120,000 people of Japanese descent living in the US were removed from their homes and placed in internment camps. The US justified their action by claiming that there was a danger of those of Japanese descent spying for the Japanese (History on the Net).” Although Americans had concerns with Japanese Americans, two thirds who went to the camps were American citizens and half were children. In some situations, families were split up and sent to different camps.

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Citations: History on the Net. 5 February 2010. 23 October 2010 .