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Reasons for the internment of Japanese Americans, therefore, After Pearl…
Reasons for the internment of
Japanese Americans
Homeland security
The US was at war with the Japanese Empire
War allowed the goverment to take unprecedented security measures
Even discriminate on the basis of race
Many Japanese Americans were suspected of espionage and sabotage
There was mass hysteria in the US
Fear of another Japanese attack
President Roosevelt
Racism
Frank Murphy
used the word "racism" on a supreme court
United States government was targeting Japanese American's
wasn't looking at other minority groups that the country was against
not the
Italians
Germans
only the Japanese
to Murphy that clearly showed that that order was racist
or
Economic factors
Japanese American farmers grew 40% of California’s produce
Some farmers supported this policy so they could remove them from the competition
Japanese farmers were removed from their land and forced to sell it cheaper
Estimates suggest that there was around 500 million dollar of losses in total
Japanese americans were allowed to take a small amount of possesions with them to relocattion
they loose their good personal goods
therefore
After Pearl Habor
therefore