https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o Japanese Internment in the U.S. during World War II en-us 2017-03-26 17:04:24 UTC 2017-03-26 21:51:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162637449 Executive Order 9066, signed into action by President Roosevelt in 1942, forced about 110,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps during wartime, where they faced poor treatment and conditions. After the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the American command was fearful that American citizens of Japanese descent would leak information to the Japanese or assist in an invasion of the U.S. It wasn't until 1988 that the U.S. government recognized this action as brutal and unnecessary, and paid reparations to each survivor of the internment camps. ]]> 2017-03-26 17:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162637449 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162639610 All Japanese-Americans in military zones on the West Coast were ordered to gather up their belongings for relocation, and many had to sell their properties at extremely low prices. They were told to present themselves at assembly centers near their homes, where they were taken to cowsheds or horse stalls, where they were to live until they could be transported to more permanent wartime residencies. From there, they were sent to permanent relocation centers in isolated places. ]]> 2017-03-26 17:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162639610 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162641671 After EO 9066 was issued, Fred Korematsu refused to leave his home in California. He was convicted for violating the law, and he appealed his case to the Supreme Court in 1944.  In a 6-3 majority vote, the Supreme Court upheld Korematsu's conviction, on the grounds that national security was more important than the rights of the individual/racial group during the wartime.]]> 2017-03-26 17:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162641671 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643690 2017-03-26 18:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643690 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643908 2017-03-26 18:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643908 19pedime https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643958 2017-03-26 18:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/19pedime/g2wzjvvnga4o/wish/162643958