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The Consequences Of The Bombing Of Japanese Americans
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, United States started to create anti-Japanese propaganda, and a lot of it had to do with racism. Many posters, movies, and songs encouraged Americans to have hatred toward Japanese. Americans had so much hatred toward Japanese that they looked at them to be monsters. Americans came up with many hatred nicknames, such as; nip, yellow, Jap.
Japanese American leaders and anyone who were had anything to do with Japan were arrested. Japanese had a mandatory curfew, in which they had to carry identity cards on them. They were also forced to pack what they can and sell their homes and businesses. many of them didn’t get the chance to sell their belongings so they had to leave it behind.They were allowed to take blankets, shampoo, conditioner, etc.
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Although Americans thought the camps were a good idea at the time to prevent another attack Japanese Americans.
Did President Roosevelt take his powers to an extent? Briefly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, authorities took Japanese Americans to the 10 different stations called internment camps. Out of 112,000 about 70,000 were Japanese Americans. This living situation lasted about two years. They had no privacy whatsoever. Each housing held up to eight people. Their beds were made out of iron and mattresses made of straw. Within time the camps became like little towns; they began to have their own hospitals, social events, and even post offices, all though the camps were surrounded by barbed wire and

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