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WWII Home Front: Japanese-Americans(digital assignment)
Go to the following web site to answer the questions
1. What was Executive Order 9066?
2. How were Japanese-Americans treated differently than German or Italian- Americans?
3. “Thousands of German and Italian aliens living in the U.S. would also be locked up”… What doesthe word “alien” mean in this sentence?
4. Washington had planned for the wholesale internment of all 158,000 people of Japanese descentliving in Hawaii. Why did wealthy landowners in Hawaiioppose the plan?
5. How were Issei treated on the West coast?
6. “If all of the Japs were removed tomorrow, we’d never miss them… because the white farmers can take over and produce everything the Jap grows. And we don’t want them back when the war ends, either.”
This quote reflects the attitude of manywhite business owners on the WestCoast. Whydid they really resent the Japanese-Americans?
7. According to Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, why did the Japanese-Americans need to be evacuated from the West Coast (read the whole quote)?
8. How long were those who were to be relocated given to get ready?
9. How did the relocation cause financial hardship?
10. How many different camps are listed? How many were in Arizona?
11. Describe the conditions of the camps.
12. When did they begin to release some of the internees? Why were they allowed to be released?
13. What did the internees face upon their release in 1945?
14. Why does Asako Tokun say that in spite of everything, she would not want to live anywhere elsebut the United States?
15. Watchone of the interviews along the sidebar …(Asako Tokuno, Robert Kashiwagi or Sam Hynes) and then write at least three sentences about his/her experience (don’t just write the caption under their picture…)
Click on the link “Fighting for Democracy”.
16. What is the classification “4-C”?
17. What was the Japanese American special segregated infantry unit called?
18. Why did many Japanese Americans choose to enlist?
19. Why were some reluctant to enlist?
20. Why was the 442nd a valued battalion?
21. Why was the 100th known as the “Purple Heart Battalion”?
22. What were some of the ways that Japanese Americans helped to win the war in the Pacific? (2 pts)
23. How were some of the Japanese American soldiers treated on their return home?
24. Click on and readtwo of the interviews along the sidebar(Daniel Inouye, Robert Kashiwagi, Tim Tokuno and Susumu Satow) and write at least three sentences for each of the interviews which summarize their experiences.
Now go to these websites and find out about German-American and Italian-American interment during WWII.
25. Summarize what you now know about German-American interment (write at least two sentences).
26. Summarize what you now know about Italian-American internment (write at least two sentences).