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Cameron Draeger Japanese American Internment Camps (Hardships of camp…
Cameron Draeger
Japanese American Internment Camps
Introduction Paragraph
Attention-getter
Thesis Statement
Historical Background
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Destruction that occurred
8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, three destroyers, and four other ships were damaged or sunk
Who attacked and when
The Japanese attacked on Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:55
Where attack occurred
Pearl Harbor
Government's response
Decision to move Japanese American population
they thought Japanese Americans might be planning attacks on the US homeland
The War Department made nighttime curfews
If some broke the curfew they were arrested
The War Department made 12 restricted zones along the Pacific Coast
almost nobody protested the government's decision
the purpose of Order 9066 was the separate the Japanese population and surround them with troops
The Japanese community was required to report to control stations in March of 1942
Number of internees
about 120,000 internees
about 17,000 were under the age of 10
camp security
camps were surrounded by guards in sentry towers
Relocation Process
Frenzy of moving
given one week to settle affairs
they sold everything for less than it was worth
Why they had to report
they were told to report to control stations to eventually be relocated to an internment camp
who had to report
all Japanese people even those with 1/16th of Japanese blood
assembly centers
placed to remote areas
assembly centers offered jobs
internment camps
first camp was in Manzanar, California
Last camp to close was TuleLake, California in March 1946
camps in Arizona, Wyoming, Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, and California
Hardships of camp
housing
Barracks were uninsulated
hot water in barracks was limited
barracks were very rickety
heated by wood and coal burning stoves
privacy
common bathrooms
common laundry facilities
ate in crowded, mess halls
location
remote, places with extreme weather conditions
weather
was very hot and very cold
conditions
sickness flowed
lots of mosquitos
people were shot and killed if they got to close to the fences
many riots
emotional
people were tense and stressed
they were in despair
they didn't know what life was like outside of the camps and that troubled them
conclusion