JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPs?

Question

I have to write a paper on this issue.....what are 10 things i can cover on this paper?

Answer 1

You mean concentration camps. How about the fact that people down play how bad they were by calling them internment camps. How about the fact that people had their land taken away weren't compensated and have no right to claim it back now. How about the fact that people are made to think that the nazis had the only concentration camps during WW2 ( have you ever seen a movie about a japanese internment camp? now compare that number to how many have you seen about jews?).

Answer 2

You can talk about why the Japanese were placed in Internment camps during WW II. What were the pluses and minuses. It was right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. There was a lot of hostility toward the Japanese because of that act of war. The Japanese were easily recognizable. You could write about the conditions of the camps and the losses that the internees had as a result of being forced into camps. You should discuss the psychological state of the Japanese Americans, how they felt betrayed by the government. How could their loyalty be questioned, etc. you should use quotes from people who were in the Internment Camps. You should give alot of background information about Japanese Americans. When did they come to this country. What type of industries did they work in. You can discuss Japanese American contributions to the country and the war effort. You could discuss rascism in America, especially at that time. You should emphasize that these were extraordinary actions by the government and did anything like this ever happen before or since. What did congress have to say about these governmental actions? How did the goverment justify their actions. You can talk about what happened to the Japanese Americans after they were released from the camps. If you could interview people who lived through the experience that would be great. How did they pick themselves up and get their lives back togther? What obstacles did they encounter? Looking back, how do the internees feel today about that experience? How do the children and grandchildren of the internees feel today about the treatment of their families by the government? Do they feel psychologially or emotionally damaged? There is an old war movie which touches on the subject and you might want to see it. It's called "From Hell to Eternity." I saw it many years ago and I don't know how I would feel about it today. The main character is a caucasian American who was adopted and raised by a Japanese American family. His adoptive family is torn apart by the internment and he winds up in the army fighting against the Japanese. He becomes a war hero and saves many lives. I think that it is based on a true story. You might want to look into it. The star of the movie was Jeffrey Hunter. Good luck.

Answer 3

A few suggestions:
1. What were the dates of the internment program? When were the camps first established? When were the last prisoners released?
2. How were the camps established? Did the President issue an executive order? Did Congress pass a law?
3. How many camps were there? Where were they located?
4. How many people were imprisoned in the camps?
5. Who were the prisoners? Immigrants from Japan? Naturalized citizens? American-born citizens of Japanese ancestry?
6. Did anyone challenge the internment program in court? If so, what did the courts decide?
7. When people were forced into the camps, what became of their homes, businesses, and other property outside?
8. What was daily life like in the camps? Were there schools? Churches? Stores? Farms? Hospitals? Sports facilities? How many babies were born in the camps? How many people died there?
9. How many Japanese-American soldiers fought for the U.S. in World War II while their family members were imprisoned in the camps? Where did those soldiers fight? How many of them were killed and wounded? What military awards did they win?
10. What can you find out about Japanese-American children who spent part of their childhoods in the camps and later grew up to contribute to American society as government officials, business leaders, artists, entertainers, doctors, scientists, etc.?

Answer 4

I assume you mean the Japanese AMERICAN Interment Camps in the USA......

Here are things to cover.

1. How many were there?
2. How many Japanese AMERICANS were sent there?
3. Where were they located.
4. What was the rationale (Excuse) used in doing it?
5. Where any Italian Americans or German Americans
rounded up for the same reason? (Some..)
6. What major US leader objected because they were
Unconsitutional? (hint: head of the FBI)
7. What did the Supreme Court rule on the issue?
(hint: screw the Constitution, we are at war)
8. Did we apologize for the event, and if so, when?
9. Did we make some restitution to the survivors?
10. How did WHITES in California benefit financially
from the property (land) taken from the Japanese
Americans. (This will be hard to research as it is
still something not talked about much.)

And if you want a real hard issue that will really stir up debate in the class room and will require you to really think out the issue.

Hitler told the world what he was going to do and then he did it. He said one thing and he acted exactly like he said. He said he was going to get rid of the Jews and he went ahead and did it.

American talked about democracy and freedom and the Bill of Rights. How it is fighting for freedom. But then turned around and ignored what it said and trashed the Bill of Rights and locked up the Japanese Americans just like Hitler locked up the Jews.

In this one respect, was Hitler more honorable than the USA?
He was truthful about what he was going to do.

Answer 5

If you really wanted to be creative, you could write a paper comparing the conditions of internment camps to conditions at today's public schools. Granted, the teacher might not approve, but it would make for a fascinating parallel. I'm sure you could easily find 10 comparison points.

That, or comparing the public school system to a Chairman Mao re-education camp.

Answer 6

japanese were interred in them.