Japanese Internment Munson ReportNovember 1941 There is no

Japanese Internment

Munson Report-November 1941 � There is no Japanese `problem' on the Coast. There will be no armed uprising of Japanese. There will undoubtedly be some sabotage financed by Japan and executed largely by imported agents. . . In each Naval District there about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance. It is easy to get on the suspect list, merely a speech in favor of Japan at some banquet being sufficient to land one there. The Intelligence Services are generous with the title of suspect and are taking no chances. Privately, they believe that only 50 or 60 in each district can be classed as really dangerous. The Japanese are hampered as saboteurs because of their easily recognized physical appearance. It will be hard for them to get near anything to blow up if it is guarded. There is far more danger from Communists and people of the Bridges type on the Coast than there is from Japanese. The Japanese here is almost exclusively a farmer, a fisherman or a small businessman. He has no entree to plants or intricate machinery.

Executive Order 9066 �Read the document together in groups. �Write/underline 2 -3 sentences that show sourcing and 2 -3 sentences that show close reading. (Total of 5 examples). �What is happening at the time this document is written?

US Newsreel �https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Vr. Xht 2 h 4 Br. U

Internment Camps �Over 123, 000 Japanese-Americans interned Forced removal from their homes. Had to leave jobs, farms, and communities. �Ten camps over seven states. �Functioned like a prison camp Communal areas for daily living Work with little pay Physically/Emotionally abusing Inadequate facilities

Conditions of the Camps �Living in Camps Large families squeezed into one room cells Communal areas for showering, laundry, and eating Barbed wire fencing, guarded by U. S. Military �Food/Weather Small portions of dull food (mostly of potatoes and bread) Weather conditions of the camp made it hard to work �Working at the camp Paid little for their work Many died due to adequate health facilities or emotional stress

Pictures of the Camps

Korematsu v. United States �October-December 1944 �Fred Korematsu �Refused to leave home in San Leandro, California. �Sued the U. S. Government that his arrest and Japanese internment was unconstitutional. �What do you think?

The Court’s Decision �Constitutional � Justice Hugo Black; "all legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group are immediately suspect" and subject to tests of "the most rigid scrutiny, " not all such restrictions are inherently unconstitutional. �During wartime, these measures were necessary.

Aftermath of Internment �https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=6 mr 97 qy. KA 2 s

Resolution � 1983 - Congress “overruled the decision in history” �Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Formal Apology to Japanese Americans Monetary reparations to the interned �Fred Korematsu awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1998