were damaged or destroyed and Americans feared another attack. On December 7th‚ 1941‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Executive Order 9066. The President issued this order following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This order gave the military permission to circumvent the constitutional safeguards of American citizens in the name of national defense. After enforcing this order 120‚000 Japanese people living on the West Coast‚ most of who were U.S. citizens‚ were excluded from certain areas and
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Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by Franklin Roosevelt. It ultimately allowed the placement of Japanese-Americans into internment camps. This practice was not only wrong‚ but a server infringment on the 4th amendment rights of these citizens for many reasons. First and foremost‚ the 4th amendment prohibits the unreasonable searching or seizing. These american citizens had no reason to be suspected other than their ancestry
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Sample Student English 2 April 28‚ 2014 No Japanese‚ No Fair: Understanding Executive Order 9066 Discrimination is when one group of people treats another group unfairly because of some type of prejudice or hatred. It can happen when people have bad feelings about another person or group of people based on their race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ etc. Unfortunately‚ the US has a long history of discrimination and even if something seemed like the right thing to do at the time‚ discrimination
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Executive Order 9066 The war in Europe against Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy has been going on for two years‚ fought mainly by Russia‚ France‚ and Great Britain. The war also continues in Asia between Japan and its neighbors. Then‚ in December 1941‚ Japan attacked the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. After the attack‚ many in the United States fear a Japanese invasion from the West Coast or at least an airborne attack. Many fear that Japanese citizens might be loyal to their family’s
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In the story " Response to Executive order 9066 " Dwight Okita writes about a fourteen year old girl who goes to school during a war. this girl has a bestfriend who she’s been bestfriends with for a while now. Like any other day the girl goes to school and talks to her friend. One day she goes to school and her friend is sitting on the other side of the room basically teasing her saying "giving secrets away to the Enemy‚ Why can’t you keep your big mouth shut?” The reason for that is because the
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Two months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 on February 19th‚ 1942. Executive Order 906 set in motion for the expulsion of 110‚000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast to inland prison camps. Although FDR‚ the President‚ had passed the Order‚ the expulsion had proceeded without due process of law as required by the U.S Constitution. Also‚ no camp inmate was accused of any crime‚ convicted‚ or charged of any act of “espionage
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Executive Order 9066 Misael Calvillo 5/20/10 Period 5 Executive Order 9066 wasn’t necessary. It wasn’t necessary because there was a lot of innocent Japanese families that got separated because of Executive Order 9066.There are many reasons why Executive Order 9066 wasn’t necessary. I think that Executive Order 9066 made the Japanese feel like if they were in a prison camp. I’m going to write about the reasons why Executive Order 9066 was not necessary. One reason why
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Did you know that the poem “ Response to Executive Order 9066” this poem is based on the story of the “Mericans.” The author implies the development on the theme and compares and contrasts how in the poem and the story develop the theme by using specific literary devices. “Response to Executive Order 9066” it talks about how a girl is writing back to a group of Americans with a Japanese Descent relocation center. She feels more Japanese than American for example how she says in the poem “ I always
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one comes from does not define being American‚ rather its what is done to assimilate into the American life. Okitas poem and Ciseneros story both examine the ideology of what it means to be American; both texts suggest that‚ in order to meet the expectations of American identity‚ a certain criteria must be met on the societal and cultural aspect. In Okitas poem “Response to Executive order 9066” a strong social bond is tied between the narrator and a character named Denise. The characterization of the
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The poet Dwight Okita has written many poems in his career as a poet. As I am informed he is of japanese ethnicity and american nationality. In his poems Dwight talks about being japanese in the US. Unfortunately the only poem of his’s that I have access to is “In Response to Executive Order 9066.” Although I only have access to one of his many pieces of literature it still provides great insight into the mind of the poet. The thesis here “I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling and a messy
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