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The Japanese Americans were interned during World War II for many different reasons. First, The Munson Report says “President Roosevelt questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans.” This quote shows that Japanese Americans may not be loyal to Japan. Our second piece of evidence is stated by Chief justice Hugo Black “He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire because the . . . military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and . . . because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily,”. This shows that all citizens who are of Japanese ancestry would be segregated from the west coast because of the fact that America feared an attack from the west and thought the civilians might try to help the Japanese. Lastly, the Personal Justice Denied document states “The Commission held 20 days of hearings in cities across the country, particularly on the West Coast, hearing testimony from more than 750”. This tells us that there are plenty of witnesses to prove why most mainland  Japanese Americans were in concentration camps. Therefore, all the evidence and reasoning above explains why the Japanese Americans were interned during WWII.

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Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps for many reasons such as fear of betrayal, the color of their skin, and fear of an invasion of the west coast. One reason that the Japanese Americans were being forced into internment camps was that many Americans were worried that Japanese Americans would betray them. The Japanese Americans were watched on surveillance, according to the Munson Report, “...merely a speech in favor of Japan  at some banquet being sufficient to land one there.” Meaning that Americans were worried about having people with Japanese origins betray them. It was so intense that they were being watched constantly to see if they would betray America. Another reason Japanese Americans were put in internment camps was because of the color of their skin. From the Crisis article, we get a large piece of information. “From a military point of view, the only danger on this coast is from Germany and Italy. . . . But the American government has not taken any such high-handed action against Germans and Italians… Germans and Italians are “white.” Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American  citizens of Japanese ancestry are in concentration camps.” Meaning that Japanese Americans were discriminated against which is why they were forced into internment camps. Lastly, Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps because military officers were worried that there would be an invasion of the west coast. According to the Korematsu v. United States document, “Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese  Empire, because the . . . military authorities feared an invasion of our West  Coast and . . . because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily,” This means that many military leaders were worried that the Japanese would invade the west coast so many Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps.

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The Japanese Americans were interned during World War II because unfair prejudices. In the “Japanese American Incarceration Timeline” there is proof that the American government could have decided to put Japanese Americans in internment camps because they thought Japanese Americans might be mad about unfair treatment in the past. Americans had done things in the past (annex Hawaii which was largely populated by Japanese people, and Japanese immigration to the U.S., made all Japanese students attend conjoined classes with Chinese and Korean students, ect) and were probably scared that Japanese Americans might want to punish America and think that this was a perfect time to. In “The Crisis Article” written September 1942, it says  “Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. Anyway, there are no Italian-American, or German-American citizens in such camps.” This quote is saying that Japanese Americans were interned only because of their race and had nothing to do with the idea of protecting Japanese Americans. Finally, in the “Ken Hirata Interview” he tells his interviewer that Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps and were told it was for their safety against angry Americans, when really Americans were afraid of them. The internment camps were guarded and had guns pointing at them. He said that the government gave everyone who was in internment camps $20,000 years later, so the government obviously recognized that it made a huge mistake in the past and are now trying to compensate for it. Ken Hirata says the money didn’t even begin to cover the damage done. 

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The Japanese Americans were interned during World War II because of fear, racial prejudice, and suspicion. First, Personal Justice Denied states: “and executed in an atmosphere of fear and anger at Japan.” This explains that incarceration happened due to fear of the Japanese Empire and the Americans who had Japanese ancestry.
Next, Americans in Concentration Camps reads:  “Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry are in concentration camps.” The document from The Crisis Article states that because of their race, Japanese Americans were interned, especially considering that German and Italian Americans were not incarcerated too. Finally, The Munson Report, released in November of 1941, states: “There will undoubtedly be some sabotage financed by Japan and executed largely by imported agents. . .” In translation, the government speculates that there will be Japanese intervention with the military, and noticing how this was written before Pearl Harbor shows how suspicious the U.S. was of Japan. Meaning that Pearl Harbor was the tipping point for the United States.
In conclusion, the U.S. Government interned Japanese Americans because of fear of the Japanese, racism, and suspicion of Japanese sabotage.

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Alaina Olson and Shaye Dowdell


The Japanese Americans were interned in WW2 from racial bias, war hysteria, overall ignorance. The racial bias is shown by The Crisis Article from September 1942. “from a military point of view, the only danger is on the coast is from Germany and Italy... not taken any such high-handed action against Germans and Italians – and their American-born descendants – on the East Coast,  as has been taken against Japanese and their American-born descendants on the West Coast. Germans and Italians are “white.” This shows the Japanese were in camps not because of the danger they bring but because of the racial bias withheld against them. Overall ignorance was a prominent reason for the Japanese to be held in a government camp and Permanite Justice Denied from Feb 24 1983 explains this. “The broad historical causes that shaped these decisions were race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership. Widespread ignorance about Americans of Japanese descent contributed to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and anger at Japan”. This shows overall ignorance because many of the reasons for the Japanese to be held in camps were not associated with the actual dangers of war. Lastly, War hysteria was a major cause of the concentration camps Korematsu v. United States from 1944 shows this. “The only reason he was excluded in this was because of war with the Japanese Empire”. This shows prior events like the war did affect decisions involving Japanese justice in the USA and caused them to be sent to government camps.

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The Japanese Americans were interned during World War II because of racial prejudice, war hysteria, and unreasonable military action.  The internment where unfair to the people being put in them and could be considered illegal military action and caused by racial prejudice. This is shown in a quote from  Personal Justice Denied “Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity, and the decisions that followed from it—exclusion, detention, the ending of detention and the ending of exclusion—were not founded upon military conditions. The broad historical causes that shaped these decisions were race prejudice, war hysteria and a failure of political leadership.” Japanese Americans are being targeted because they are people of color. This is shown in the Crisis Article “Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. Anyway, there are no Italian-American, or German-American citizens in such camps.” They are justifying their cruelty by saying war is hard on everyone. This shown in the Korematsu v. United States case “We uphold the exclusion order. . . . In doing so, we are not unmindful of the hardships imposed by it upon a large group of American citizens. . . . But

hardships are part of war”

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The Japanese Americans were interned during WWII because "military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and . . . because they decided that the military urgency of the

situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated

from the West Coast temporarily” This is saying that he military authorities think that the west coast is going to be invaded so they think that if they demanded Japanese ancestry to be segregated so that the west coast wouldn’t get invaded.

Another reson that the Japanese where interend during WWII was because "A grave personal injustice was done to the American citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry who, without individual

review or any probative evidence against them, were excluded, removed

and detained by the United States during World War II.” This says that The Japanese were removed from the war for no reason they had no evidence about anything that the Japanese did.

Also the Japanese were removed from WWII because in the Munson Report document it states “Privately, they believe that only 50 or 60 in each district can be classed as really dangerous.” This is saying that communists and Bridges type people are more dangerous than the Japanese.

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The Japanese Americans were interned during WWII because we are at the war with Japan. "In each Nava District, there are about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance” That is saying that these Naval Districts are capturing these Japanese Americans and putting them under surveillance.

“Compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from their homes.” They are kicking Japanese Americans out of their homes.

The government said these camps were a safe place for Japanese Americans to stay in the interview. Even though, the fences were covered with barbed wire, so they couldn’t escape. They also had machine guns pointing into the camp, not outside

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The Japanese Americans were interned during World War II because we are at war with the Japanese, we feared another Japanese attack, and the Government thought the Japanese Americans could be suspects. In the document D. Korematsu v.s United States it says, “” Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese
Empire,” This shows that this Japanese American was put into a camp not because of his race just due to the fact that they were at war with Japan. In Personal Justice Denied it says, “Widespread ignorance about Americans of Japanese descent contributed
to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and anger at Japan.” This shows, that Americans feared the Japanese Americans and were worried about another possible attack from them. In the Munson Report it states, “It is easy to put on the suspect list.” This shows that the government didn’t need much to think that the Japanese were suspects and up to no good which is partly why they put them in the camps.

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  Nick sims and Gabby Oke -America put Japanese in internment because first, Japan bombed Pearl harbor. Japan bombed the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii in 1941.They also  thought there might be sabotage from japan people. If the government thought they might backlash they might not want to take the chance and would put them in camps. Finally, Widespread ignorance about Americans of Japanese descent contributed                                 to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and                                    anger at Japan. Japanese thinking that we were ignorant and angry towards us                       made us even more fearful. In conclusion, America put the Japanese in internment because they bombed Pearl Harbor, they thought there might be sabotage, and finally, the Japanese thought of America badly.   

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  Nick sims and Gabby Oke -America put Japanese in internment because first, Japan bombed Pearl harbor. Japan bombed the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii in 1941.They also  thought there might be sabotage from japan people. If the government thought they might backlash they might not want to take the chance and would put them in camps. Finally, Widespread ignorance about Americans of Japanese descent contributed                                 to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and                                    anger at Japan. Japanese thinking that we were ignorant and angry towards us                       made us even more fearful. In conclusion, America put the Japanese in internment because they bombed Pearl Harbor, they thought there might be sabotage, and finally, the Japanese thought of America badly.   

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Chase Osborne and Eric Otten- Japanese Americans were interned during World War II for multiple reasons.  One reason is because the timeline states, “Japan bombed the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii.”  This caused America to be suspicious of all Japanese Americans.  The Munson Report stated, “The Intelligence Services are generous with the title of suspect and are taking no chances.”  This means that the Intelligence Services have to be suspicious to assure caution and safety.  In Korematsu v. United States, it says, “Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire.”  Korematsu was watched because, at the time, America was afraid of people who were Japanese.

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Eric Otten and Chase Osborne---The Japanese Americans were interned for multiple reasons. First, the timeline states “12/7/1941 Japan bombed the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii.” This means that this would put the Americans on edge with everyone that looks Japanese might be a threat because of what the Japanese did at Pearl Harbor. Next, document B states “The Intelligence Services are generous with the title of suspect and are taking no chances.” This means that the Intelligence Services are on super high alert and will not tolerate any signs of deviance from the Japanese Americans. Finally, document D states “Korematsu was not excluded from the Military Area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire.” This means that Korematsu was not really doing anything wrong but he was overruled because the Americans were afraid of Japanese people.

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Chase pedone and skyelar munesue

The japanese americans were interned during World war 2 because of multiple reasons. The united states government thought some might be spies because hawaii had a large japanese population so they could have spied on them. Another reason is some revolt financially supported by japan was imminent so they did not want that to happen. The third reason is that they feared an invasion of the japanese so they put them in camps.