Japanese Internment Camps
In February of 1942, President Roosevelt signed the 9066 Order. This forced Japanese-Americans to be sent to internment camps. This was to protect America from espionage during the course of the Pacific War. These families were forced to sell their businesses and belongings. People could only take what they could carry. Approximately 120,000 people were sent to the camps. At the internment camps, people had very little privacy and space. Men worked for extremely low wages, doing jobs around the camps. Japanese-Americans were discriminated against after the Pearl Harbor attack. Many people saw them as traitors. However, some young
Japanese-Americans fought in World War II and many became highly decorated
soldiers