In May of 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which called for the eviction and internment of all Japanese Americans. After Pearl Harbor, all Japanese were looked upon as being a threat to America. The interments began in April of 1942. The Japanese-Americans were transported on buses and trains to camps in California. They were always under military guard. The Japanese-Americans were housed in livestock stalls in the beginning, or in windowless shacks that were …
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…utterly most disrespect. America accused these innocent Japanese people of helping Japan in the war some way. These people were taken away their rights because of their race, not because of broken laws. The acts of military tactics done on the Japanese were a response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Although many lives were lost in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, innocent Japanese Americans did not have to be the victims at the end.