Why were Japenese Americans placed in concentration camps during WWII?

Question

A) due to numerous acts of sabotage
B) in retaliation for the placement of Americans in concentration camps by the Japanese
C) as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear
D) Because many were loyal to Japan

Answer 1

C

Answer 2

C) as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear

We just learned about that. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, they were not trusted and they were all seen as the enemy. It was also because we were scared that they might have connection to Japan, and be spies for them. It turns out that only 10 people were discovered to be spies, and they were all caucasian (no offense to anyone, I'm caucasian) Millions of people were imprisoned for no reason. At that time, President Roosevelt was in office, and he had just gotten the country out of the Great depression. We were grateful for him, and we thought that he could do anything for the country and everything he would do would benefit us. We trusted him when he passed order 9036 (or 3096 I don't remember) sending the Japanese to internment camps. When the japanese attacked pearl harbor, killing and injuring many, the country went through extreme nationalism. That it when the entire country bands together to fight for a cause, usually after a tragedy. (something similar happened at 9/11) And the country all believed that is was best for the security of the nation. :]

Answer 3

Most assuredely "C". As it has been through time, America has often had a fear of the unknown or little-known, and the fact that there were people of Japanese and Asian descent so near the West coast of the U.S., the government decided to "intern" these people to preclude them from collaborating with the enemy. It was later proved that this was a missplaced fear, and several hundred Japanese-Americans who formed the majority of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II became one of the highest decorated regiments of the war, but they were sent to Europe, not the Pacific, for that same misplaced fear.

Answer 4

C and fear of D.That along with the lack of an intelligence gathering domestic agency that could discern who was and who was not loyal to Japan while they were in the general population.
Racism was the international norm then,the Imperial Japanese thought themselves to be superior to other Asians,the Germans thought themselves to be Superior to everyone and in the U.S. everybody felt themselves threatened.

Answer 5

They placed them in concentration camps to prevent spies from returning back to Japan. Concentration camps were the only way that they thought to prevent keeping their war strategies away from Japan. C it is.

Answer 6

Racism. In Hawaii, they were in very large numbers, and they were not interned at all, and nothing bad happened.

Answer 7

C