Japanese interment camps?

Question

did congress declared war to japan first of did they sent the japs to interment camps first?
i wrote a whole bunch of things on my note cards and i dont know which happened first

Answer 1

Most of the people sent to internment camps were American citizens. Japs is still a derogatory term and you should be ashamed of yourself for using it. First, Pearl Harbor attack, second (after which many Japanese-Americans volunteered for military service and were denied), notice to Japanese nationals to return to Japan; third, notice to Japanese Americans that they had to register with the government; then, they sent them (after making them leave all their possessions, businesses etc.) to registration centers and then to the camps where they were treated as enemies of the State. A few were found to be working for the Japanese government, but most were turned in by Americans of Japanese descent.

Japanese Americans volunteered in WWII and were in the 442d brigade, THE most decorated military group in WWII American history.

BTW, Japanese American internment was done through an executive order. Perhaps you should reread your book or consult Wikipedia at least.

Answer 2

I'm not certain which happened first either, but there is no question that what did happen first is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which was a declaration of war from the Japanese side. After that, the United States and Japan were effectively at war, whether or not a declaration from the U.S. had actuallly been issued.

Answer 3

Congress declared war on Japan in 1941. Japanese-American internment camps started opening in 1942.

Answer 4

Pearl Harbor came first, then war was declared and then Americans had to vote on internment which later became an act of Congress, and then they had to build the barracks and decide who would go where and what to do with all the stuff they removed from each individual. And then there was the transport issue to work out. After all this was in place, they moved in and carried it out. That's what I imagine anyway.

Answer 5

Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, declared war on the US, then we declared war on them. The interment camps did not start for many months after that, I think it was March of 1942

Answer 6

It's JAPANESE, not japs. It's INTERNMENT, not interment. And yes, the US government declared war first, then they committed the unspeakably atrocious act of rounding up Japanese people and putting them into American concentration camps.

Answer 7

War was declared December 8, 1941.

The order that required Japanese-Americans residing in "exclusion areas" along the Pacific Coast to report to detention centers was issued on May 3, 1942.

BTW, I have no problem with you using the value-laden term "Japs" in your question as you immerse yourself in the study of this sad time in American history. We should wince at the word "Japs" just like we should collectively shudder as we simultaneously acknowledge that our nation's government (under a "liberal Democrat," no less!) wantonly violated the civil rights of thousands of citizens and law-abiding aliens due to the same prejudice and malice that caused them to utter the word "Japs" in the first place.

Answer 8

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in a sneak attack and 15 minutes after the attack their ambassador gave a diplomatic note saying they had declared war.

It was one of the most treacherous acts by one nation to another,

As for saying Japs is derogatory , letting the Japanese Emperor get away without being tried as a war criminal is derogatory

Answer 9

Congress declared war first.

Answer 10

they would have had to have declared war on japan first.