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Everyone in America was suddenly afraid of innocent Japanese Americans. They became outcasts with little money and no one willing to help. Soon the US government forced all Americans of Japanese descent to go into concentration camps, miserable places where they were forced to stay. They were in the camps for many year (for more information try reading Farewell to Manzanar) and once they were out they were still strongly discriminated against.
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BlakeThe attack fed a general mistrust toward Japanese (and Asians in general) and enabled the military to enforce the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans during the war. In 1944, this was ruled to be unconstitutional, but many loyal Americans of Japanese descent were taken from their homes and spent three years or more in guarded desert camps.
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