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Japanese American Internment Camps In The 1930's
In america in the 1940’s japanese americans were put into internment camps. This can be compared to the salem witch trials in 1642. A similar comparison to the salem witch trials would be what america did to the mexican americans in 1930’s. Though there can be many similarities there can also be many differences between these three events. In this essay i will discuss the similarities between each other and also the differences. The similarities between these three events in american history in all three events they all lost many of their rights,many of these people were innocent people. The internment camps were one of the most disrespectful things to a certain race in american history. The japanese american were forced out of there homes

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