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Internment of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia Numerous Japanese Americans had to leave their homes, businesses, and possessions since they were relocated to the internment camps This also led to the collapse of many family-owned businesses, real estate, and their savings since they had been escorted to the camps
Japanese American Internment - Library of Congress Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of Japanese Americans were, regardless of U S citizenship, required to evacuate their homes and businesses and move to remote war relocation and internment camps run by the U S Government
Japanese American internment - Encyclopedia Britannica Between 1942 and 1945, a total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas
Japanese-American Incarceration During World War II In the "relocation centers" (also called "internment camps"), four or five families, with their sparse collections of clothing and possessions, shared tar-papered army-style barracks Most lived in these conditions for nearly three years or more until the end of the war
American Internment Camps - National Museum of American History Nearly 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans—two-thirds of them U S citizens—were forced from their businesses and homes Most had only several days’ notice before they were relocated They were held in internment camps in isolated locations for up to four years
Japanese American Incarceration: How It Happened Here Groups such as the Native Sons of the Golden West, the American Legion, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association, and the California Joint Immigration Committee produced propaganda that depicted Japanese Americans as agents of the Japanese government
Japanese American Incarceration - The National WWII Museum Japanese victories in Guam, Malaya, and the Philippines helped fuel anti-Japanese-American hysteria, as did a January 1942 report claiming that Japanese Americans had given vital information to the Japanese government ahead of the Pearl Harbor attack