Japanese Internment Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki

Japanese Internment Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

1869 • First Japanese settle in Sacramento, California to help construct the railroad

1870 • Citizenship given to African Americans, but not to Japanese or Chinese Americans

1886 • Japanese government allows citizens to permanently move to other countries

1911 • America does not allow Japanese to become natural citizens

1913 • Japanese are not allowed to own land in California

1924 • All immigration from Japan stops due to the Immigration Act

1939 • Germany declares war on Poland officially beginning World War II

1941 • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

1942 • Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 giving the War Department the right to evacuate Japanese Americans into camps

1942 cont. • Manzanar Camp opens in Owens Valley, CA

Remembering Manzanar • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ac 19 C-rf. Mp 8

1942 cont. • 110, 000 Japanese Americans are in camps. Evacuation completed

1944 • U. S. Supreme Court rules that loyal citizens cannot be held in camps against their will

1945 • Roosevelt dies from a stroke and Harry Truman takes office

1945 cont. • America drops two atomic bombs on Japan

1945 cont. • Hitler commits suicide after realizing Germany is losing the war

1945 cont. • Japan surrenders, ending World War II

1945 cont. • Manzanar camp officially closes

1952 • Japanese finally given the right to be natural citizens.

Vocabulary • Issei – The first generation. The Issei were born in Japan. Most immigrated to the United States between 1890 and 1915. • Nisei – Second generation children of the Issei. American citizens by birth and born before World War II. • Sansei – Third generation of Americans with Japanese ancestry born during or after World War II.