Essay On Japanese Internment Camps

Was America doing the right thing when they put who ever has Japanese ancestry must be put into internment camps? Japanese immigrants came to the northwestern side of the Pacific United States in the 1880’s hoping to find hope for their future people. Although, the federal legislation barred further Chinese immigration created demand for new immigrant labor. Life was good for the Japanese immigrants, they altered to the American culture. Most of them living and working in Hawaii and on American shores, until the tragic event occurred. On December 7, 1941 the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island was attacked by the Japanese, one of the first attacks on U.S soil. “The United States were devastated with Japan’s action. They threw everyone

with Japanese culture, blood and race into these small internment camps” (Japanese Americans. (2015). National Park Service).
As a result, Franklin Roosevelt made America entered the War on December 9, 1941. Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes Japanese relocation and gave permission to let the federal government interment thousands of American Citizens of Japanese ancestry and local foreigners from japan into Internment camps. “No Matter how much Japanese you got in you, you were thrown in these camps that were uncomfortable and overcrowded” (Japanese Americans. (2015). this has been the worst thing ever done by a president in American history. Out of all other solutions FDR thought of this. This is not what we Americans do, FDR violated the constitution just because he didn’t trust the Japanese.
Why would you send innocent Japanese civilians from your nation who has nothing to do with the Bombing to relocate and leave all their belongings.

“America’s forced confinement of more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were held in camps that often were isolated, uncomfortable, and overcrowded” (Japanese Americans. (2015). National Park Service). For three consecutive years the Japanese people were in these camps their place where they called home were vandalized and sold. Until FDR finally realized he made a bad decision and retained all of the Japanese citizens “The order authorized the Secretary of War and the armed forces to remove people of Japanese ancestry from what they designated as military areas and surrounding communities in the United States” (Roosevelt, F. (1942). “More than 33,000 Japanese Americans played a major role in the war effort. Why did they serve the nation under these difficult circumstances? Many of them loved their country enough to risk their lives in combat. For others, it was the chance to prove their loyalty and the honor of their families; this they did as members of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team fighting up the rugged Italian Peninsula and across Southern France” ” (Japanese Americans. (2015). National Park

Service).

There are many reasons why Franklin Roosevelt agreed to pass the executive order 9066 why did he have to handle it like that? If I was the president at the time I would have made a good decision by not sending anyone in these camps. Instead, I would not allow communication to come from Japan, No connection with the Japanese from japan, and much more that will exclude anything with Japan. Japanese Civilians in the U.S will still live their American Dream that they came here to do. Their freedom was violated from FDR who authorized the government to put the Japanese to stay in these camps. There are many situations, how this can be handled, but FDR just went too far.