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Nisei were first generation Americans of Japanese descent .

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Internment ; your teacher probably wanted you to post the multiple choices online so someone could answer your question - please re-post your question with the multiple choices listed .

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What led the government to evacuate Japanese Americans?

when the Japanese attacked peral harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. As a security means, all Japanese American citizens were brought to holding camps in the Arizona state.


Can an anime character with blonde hair and blue eyes be of Japanese descent?

Yes, watch boku was tomodachi, the main character and his little sister are blonde with blue eyes, and there japanese


The relocation of us citizens of Japanese descent during World War 2 was a violation of which constitutional principal?

limited government (grad point) ;)


What is the significance of Japanese Internment in the US during World War 2?

The reasoning behind intering the Japanese during the course of WWII was to keep communications under some control. There was a fear within the public that those of Japanese descent were communicating with Japan planning to continue attacks on the US.


What year did Japanese Americans relocate?

It took place during the spring and summer of 1942 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Government moved of 110,000 people of Japanese descent (both American-born and alien Japanese) from their homes in an area bordering the Pacific coast into 10 wartime communities constructed in remote areas between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Mississippi River, called "War Relocation Camps". At the time, the invasion of the West Coast by Japan seemed a possibility. The Western Defense Command of the United States Army decided that the military situation required this.

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What is the Japanese word for Americans of Japanese descent?

二世 - Nisei


Who did the American intern during the war?

Americans of Japanese descent.


How many Japanese-Americans lived in the United States and where did they live?

California currently has the highest population of Americans of Japanese descent.


How did the internment camp experience influence the detainees attitudes about their identity as Americans of Japanese descent?

They saw themselves as the real Amercican heroes. JayZ wrote a song about it.


Why did the US government intern many Japanese Americans in relocation camps?

Americans thought Japanese Americans were helping japan during ww2


Which group of American citizens was subjected to the greatest loss of their constitutional rights during world war 2?

Americans of Japanese descent, those sent to containment camps.


Do Japanese people live in New York?

Of course. Japanese immigrants, as well as Americans of Japanese descent, make both the state and city of New York their home.


What happened to Japanese-Americans during World War 2?

they were put into camps were they had to live away from public for safety reason as the USA were paranoid of other attacks. They were not treated badly in these camp but just kept away from the publicThey were put in internment camps because the government thought there were spies. Only those Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent who lived on the West Coast of the United States were interned. The Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent in Hawaii were not incarcerated!


What happened Japanese Americans during world war 2?

they were put into camps were they had to live away from public for safety reason as the USA were paranoid of other attacks. They were not treated badly in these camp but just kept away from the publicThey were put in internment camps because the government thought there were spies. Only those Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent who lived on the West Coast of the United States were interned. The Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent in Hawaii were not incarcerated!


Did Japan try to do anything to help the Japanese-American internment prisoners?

In WW2, Japan considered Americans of Japanese descent to be US Citizens; the enemy.


Who lived in the Japanese internment camps?

Canada: Canadian citizens of Japanese descent lived in the internment camps. I'm not too sure about the Americans :P


Executive Order 9066 allowed the US Military to do what?

It was the Executive Order which ordered Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese citizens living in America into internment camps.