RLAH: Japanese Internment Activity-Period 9 by Debbie Whelpley https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2 Essential Question: "Why were the Japanese Americans interned during WWII?" en-us 2020-12-07 20:34:51 UTC 2020-12-10 21:31:31 UTC hello@padlet.com chasepedone https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007881232 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.

]]> 2020-12-10 20:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007881232 https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007883420 2020-12-10 20:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007883420 https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007883903 2020-12-10 20:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007883903 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. https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007894623 2020-12-10 20:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007894623 Nathan Whitwell and Josh Kahley- joshuakahley https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007912879 2020-12-10 20:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007912879 Josh Kahley and Nathan Whitwell joshuakahley https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007913612
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. 

]]> 2020-12-10 20:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007913612 Charlie Loboda and Emma Hirschauer charles_loboda https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007920460 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


]]> 2020-12-10 20:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007920460 Ronan Sebold and Leah Flesch https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007926337 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.





]]> 2020-12-10 20:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007926337 Tucker Oakes and Marcus Baffes https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007938606 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”

]]> 2020-12-10 20:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007938606 alaina_olson1 https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007950248 2020-12-10 20:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007950248 Arturo Gutierrez & Grace Deppe eitan_gutierrez https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007964495 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.

]]> 2020-12-10 20:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007964495 Ainsley Steinys and Rachel Agro ainsleysteinys https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007981117 2020-12-10 20:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007981117 Rachel and Ainsley ainsleysteinys https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007982183 2020-12-10 20:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1007982183 Gaby M. and Thomas W. gabrielamoore1 https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1008006057 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. ]]> 2020-12-10 20:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1008006057 Addison Solomon and Hunter Masen addisonsolomon https://padlet.com/deborah_whelpley/ge9n69ts5phxwmb2/wish/1008112508 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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