The Japanese Internment:
Why were Japanese-Americans interned during World War II?
During WWII President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order stated that military authorities could exclude any civilians from an area without a trial or hearing. People of Japanese ancestry were forced to move from their homes located on the east coast to further inland. The Japaneses people we sent to various camps to insure that they could not compromise the war effort. Was this however the only reason why the Japanese people were put into internment camps? Over the course of this assignment you will be shown a video and four separate documents discussing the internment of the Japanese people. At the end of this assignment you will fill out a graphic organizer and then decide, "Why the Japanese and Japanese-Americans were interned during the Second World War?"
A newsreel was made by the government near the middle of 1942 attempting to explain the government’s motives and strategies for interning Japanese Americans. This newsreel would have been shown in black and white in a public theater.
To view the newsreel please click the link below.
Government newsreel: http://www.archive.org/details/Japanese1943
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