Japanese-Americans Rights: Where did they go?

Grace Cowan & Justine Quintas Senior Di ision Group We!site

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After the bombing in Pearl Harbor, America believed that Japanese-Americans were a threat to the nation, since the bombing had been committed by Japan. Thousands of Japanese-American Citi ens were then thrown into internment camps. !e chose our topic because it interested us on how so many peoples rights could be stripped away without a second thought. !e believed this was wrong, and wanted to learn more about it. !e conducted our research on the internet at our houses and the school library, and used the school library to find several boo"s on the Japanese-American internment camps. #ince a lot of people are not aware of the camps, it was difficult to find boo" sources in our library. !e had to branch out to other places loo"ing for recommended boo"s, which helped us find plenty of boo" sources. !e chose a website because we wanted to increase our computer s"ills. !e designed our website in a way that would not bore the $udges and "eep them interested throughout the entire presentation. !e tried to stic" to a main color palette of brown, tan, and red so the $udges would not be distracted by different colors and would be able to focus on the main information. !e tried not to use too much spare information, and tried to "eep the readers attention on the main topic of the Japanese-Americans rights and %esponsibilities during !!&&. 'ur topic relates to the topic of this years History (air by showing how the rights of the Japanese- Americans were stripped away, and how they had new responsibilities in the internment camps that they had not had before. 'ur topic shows how easily the rights and responsibilities of a whole group of people can change by anothers actions. The JapaneseAmericans were ignored during !!&& by the world when they needed them the most, leaving them with the weight of "eeping their whole cultural group in America hopeful and dreaming of the rights that they were stripped of.

#i!$iography "rimary Sources:

Houston, Jeanne !a"atsu"i., and James ). Houston. Farewell to Manzanar; a True Story of Japanese American Experience during and after the World War nternment. *oston+ Houghton ,ifflin, -./0. Print. Jeanne !a"atsu"i Houston tal"s about what her family e1perienced during internment camps including before and after it happened. This boo" helped us see how internment camps changed Japanese American families. 2)ear ,iss *reed+ 3etters from Camp.2 !ear Miss "reed# $etters from %amp. 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5)ec. 65-0. 7http+88www.$anm.org8e1hibits8breed8interv.htm9. !e used this website for the :uotes. This website is an interview of Archie ,iyata"e. 2Telling Their #tories.2 Telling Their Stories. The ;rban #chool of #an (rancisco, n.d. !eb. 5)ec. 65-0. 7http+88www.tellingstories.org8internment8inde1.html9. &t is a collection of several interviews of Japanese Americans that were in the internment camp. This website gave some insights on how the lives of Japanese Americans change and what they e1perienced. "ictures: 2Japanese-American &nternment Camps.2 Japanese&American nternment %amps. 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5< )ec. 65-0. 7http+88www.boo"mice.net8dar"childe8$apan8camp.html9. !e used the pictures of the data on this website for relocation centers and assembly centers. &t help us show how many people were in the camps and when the population the highest. 2Public &ntelligence.2 'u(lic ntelligence Site Wide Acti)ity *SS. 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5< )ec. 65-0. 7http+88publicintelligence.net8$apanese-internment-camps-war-relocation-authorityphotos89. This website shows internment camps operated by !ar %elocation Authority. This website shows how the relocation camps loo" li"e. 2Twisted#ifter.2 TwistedSifter. 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5= )ec. 65-0. 7http+88twistedsifter.com865-68568ansel-adams-life-on-$apanese-internment-camp89. This pictures were ta"en by Ansel Adams in ,an anar. This pictures shows the life in internment camps.

Secondary Sources: Creamer, Anita. 2&nternment.2 The Sacramento "ee. 4.p., -. (eb. 65-6. !eb. 6- 4ov. 65-0. 7http+88www.sacbee.com865-68568-.8>6/></58a-pain-that-persists-generations.html9. This website had a interview with a victim of a internment camp. &t helped us get a better understanding on how the Japanese-Americans were treated while they were in the camps. )aniels, %oger. 2Japanese Americans+ The !ar at Home.2 Japanese Americans# The War at +ome. #cholastic &nc., n.d. !eb. -/ 4ov. 65-0. 7http+88teacher.scholastic.com8activities8wwii8ahf8mineta8bac"ground.htm9. This website helped us get a view on the laws passed, and a more political view on the order for all Japanese-Americans to be sent into camps. !e also learned about the living conditions inside the camps, and how they were seen in different perspectives. 2Japanese Americans.2 '"S. P*#, n.d. !eb. -/ 4ov. 65-0. 7http+88www.pbs.org8thewar8at?home?civil?rights?minorities.htm9. This website gave us several pictures and had many :uotes on it concerning the internment camps, Pearl Harbor, and Japanese-Americans. This website helped us get a better view on how other ;.#. citi ens viewed the internment of their neighbors, cowor"ers, and family. The other part of this website gave us a timeline that helped us ma"e our own. 2Japanese Americans at ,an anar.2 ,ational 'ar-s Ser)ice. 4ational Par"s #ervice, -< 4ov. 65-0. !eb. 5- )ec. 65-0. 7http+88www.nps.gov8man 8historyculture8$apanese-americans-atman anar.htm9. !e used the :uotes in the website. !e compared the timeline in this website and the one in P*#. 4g, !endy. 2!orld !ar &&+ @vacuation and 3ife in Camp.2 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5< )ec. 65-0. 7http+88www.returntothevalley.org8chapter50.html9. This website shows the life in assembly centers and relocation camps. !e also used pictures in this website for our website. 4iiya, *rian. 2,unson %eport.2 +ome. )ensho @ncylopedia, n.d. !eb. 5- )ec. 65-0. 7http+88encyclopedia.densho.org8,unson?%eport89. This website gave us information about ,unson %eport which is an intelligence report on Japanese-Americans created by Curtis *. ,unson. !e also used the picture of the ,unson %eport to put in our website.

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$ife in a WW Japanese&American nternment %amp # More nformation. 4.p., n.d. !eb. 5- )ec. 65-0. 7http+88amhistory.si.edu8ourstory8activities8internment8more.html9. !e used the :uotes in this website for our website. This website also e1plains life in internment camps. Aancey, )iane. $ife in a Japanese American nternment %amp. #an )iego, CA+ 3ucent, -..=. Print. This boo" tal"s about how the Japanese-Americans life changed in internment camps. &t also gave us details how Japanese-Americans lived their before and after internment.