Japanese Immigration Case Study

Lakhwinder Kaur
History 12
Vernon Creviston

Extra Credit

Question 1: What was the treatment many Japanese immigrants experienced in the US before WWII?
Japanese immigrants were put under a lot of legal restrictions, some of them were:
• ‘Alien Land Law’ was passed by California, which prohibited them ineligible for citizenship
• Some of the discriminatory laws which were passed in the early 1900’s denied them the right to possess land and marry outside their race. They couldn’t purchase homes in specific ranges and were banished from occupations in some enterprises.
• Children could only be sent to isolated schools, and in 1924 migration from Japan was ended by and large.

Question 2: What was the US government’s reasoning for incarcerating people of Japanese descent?
The US government reason behind the incarceration was the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese descents were looked upon as equipped for disrupt, and the accomplishment of the assault was thought to be the consequence of secret activities by the Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and on the west coast.
Thus, in 1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order

9066, which required exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans.

Question 3: What was the internment process like for the internees?
The internment process was confounding and terrifying. Japanese Americans were required to enroll and get identification numbers. They were vaccinated against transmittable diseases. They were situated in confined zones like marshes. They would have extremely sweltering summers.

Question 4: What were some of the issues that internees faced on a daily basis?
Each camp had own particular organization building, school, healing facility, store, and mail station.

A large portion of people looked for some kind of employment to do. Some worked inside the camp planning and developing sustenance, instructing, or being medical caretakers. Others were permitted to work outside of the camps. The vast majority of these employments were helping ranchers. Their families dozed in sleeping quarters that were 6 one room condos. Every family just got one condo with a wood consuming stove, a light swinging from the roof, and a bed for every individual. They didn't have plumbing in the sleeping enclosure. The Japanese Americans had to live in animal stalls, such as horses, pigs, and cows’ stalls. There were no storerooms, cabinets, or truly any furniture. The rooftop was typically made of

tar.

Question 5: In your opinion was the Federal government right in interning Japanese Americans to help protect the nation?

According to me, what the federal government did was not right and was unfair. Blaming the entire Japanese people for the incident was not right. Nobody thought what would happen to the children, who had to face such harsh conditions at a young age. Interning is not the right solution to handle such situations. There could have been alternatives to handle this situation.