Gordon Hirabayashi V. United States

United States” it discusses a case where Fred Korematsu got arrested for not leaving his home in California. The reason he was asked to leave his house is because of the Executive Order 9066 which made all persons of Japanese Ancestry leave the west coast. He made this order because of the war between the US and Japan and the west coast is the closest place to Japan in America. People were very paranoid that the Japanese living on the west coast were spies and the US needed to do this avoid sabotage. The US knew that this was unconstitutional, but during wartime sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures.

For Jeanne W. Houston, December 7th 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, this would be the day that her family’s lives was changed, and for the most part never to be same as it was before. In “Farwell To Manzanar”, written by Houston and her husband David, Jeanne tells of what her life was like after that day. Jeanne was the youngest of ten children, her parents emigrated from Japan. Her father was Ko Wakatsuki, and her mother’s name was Riku. Ko and his sons were commercial fishermen when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened.

“The Supreme Court upheld the legality of the relocation order in Hirabayashi v. United States and Korematsu v. United States. Early in 1945, Japanese-American citizens of undisputed loyalty were allowed to return to the West Coast, but not until March 1946 was the last camp closed.” (History staff 2009). Internment Camps This was a very hard time to go through many families only had 48 hours to evacuate their house.

The Pearl Harbor bombing took place on December 7, 1941. This horrible tragedy was committed by the Japanese. In 1942, the United States government ordered many Japanese Americans/ Aliens to leave their homes hastily and was detained in remote, military-style camps. They were frightened and unaided due to their indefinite incarceration by the Americans shortly after Pearl Harbor was bombed.

However he was arrested on May 30,1942 when he was recognized as a “jap” (“ Fred Korematsu”). Therefore, Fred Korematsu was taken into the internment camps where he asked the military “I would like to see the government admit that they were wrong and do something about it so this will never happen again to any american citizen of any race, creed or color”(Supreme Court). As a result the court case was started to prevent any other races from being treated badly as well as to see if it was justified for the government to bring out this order. In doing so, Korematsu group of lawyers during the case stated “Korematsu was born on our soil, of parents born in Japan. The Constitution makes him a citizen of the United States by nativity and a citizen of California by 243*243 residence”(Google Scholar).

Beginning with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the effects of World War II on Japanese-Americans (albeit, not limited to Japanese-Americans) in the United States motivated further racial divisions between the “foreign” and the “true American.” Probably the most significant sign of changing social and racial relationships between Japanese-Americans and Caucasian Americans was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signature of Executive Order 9066. This policy made legal the forced removal of Japanese-Americans, forcing them to relocate to Internment Camps, while abandoning their homes, businesses, and sometimes even families. Some “resident enemy aliens” were detained and transferred to Justice Camps for questioning as suspects of sabotage and espionage, as depicted by the character of the father in Julie Otsuka’s, When the Emperor was Divine.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 initiated the United States to be part of, what became, World War II. The attack brought feelings of fear about national security to the United States citizens, causing President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9066, which required the internment of Japanese Americans. The Japanese American internment camps played a significant, lasting role in Japanese and American history as many people still learn about the event today. The amount of racism that Japanese Americans experienced during World War II can be compared to the amount of racism all Asian Americans have encountered recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic Although many people have a basic understanding of this event, most discussions

Japanese living in the United states during World War II were faced with challenges that no other citizens or ‘aliens’ would have faced simply because they were of Japanese descent. The United States had no reason or real issue to enter in World War II. However, after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor suspicions against those of Japanese descent rose. “The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 came as a shattering blow to the United States- but it should not have come as a complete surprise”(Grolier.pg.36). Prior to this attack there was no threat felt by America or its residents from the Japanese.

Executive Order 9066: Roots in Prejudice Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor crippled the US Naval fleet and killed thousands of soldiers and citizens but more significantly, it destroyed American’s sense of safety and the utopian belief that we were beyond the reach of the world’s problems. The resulting fear that pervaded American society, spread like wildfire and led to an emotional and irrational chapter in American politics that would ignore Japanese citizens’ constitutional rights to appease the hysteria. Americans’ response to the attacks on Pearl Harbor revealed decades of existing prejudices as they turned their anger on their fellow American citizens who were of Japanese descent. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attacks, on February 19, 1942,

On December, 7th, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. As a result the Americans decided to intern those of Japanese descent on the west-coast of the United States. The Japanese were uprooted from their homes and were relocated to internment camps where they would live their lives for the next 4 years. Japanese internment was a horrid act put upon those of Japanese ancestry in World War II, only using the common good as a reason to judge why the Japanese should be interned. The Civil liberties of the Japanese on the west-coast were more important than the common good because there was no valid evidence that the Japanese were planning an attack with their homeland.

Unjust Treatment During Japanese Internment Picture this, thousands of people forced to leave everything behind to live in internment camps. On February 19, 1942, this nightmare became a reality for Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. Before this, on December 7th, 1941, Japan attacked the naval bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This act of war by Japan killed over 2,400 and injured 1,000 Americans. Shortly afterward, the United States involved itself in World War II.

Rahul Bagga Mr.Campbell US History, Period 0 16 December 2015 Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? One day that will always be remembered by America is the date of December 7, 1941, which changed American history forever. December 7, 1941 was the day the Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) which stationed many of American ships and airfields. Immediately after the bombings, United States President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, leading to a direct involvement into World War ll. Japan had many reason to do so but Japan attacked Pearl harbor for three reasons which were that they had a plan for a new world order, United States were expanding their number of naval ships rapidly, and an oil embargo was placed upon Japan

In response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S Government and President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued new laws which would begin the relocation of Japanese Americans. 120,000 Japanese

He set up how Pearl Harbor had just been bombed, and the U.S. was beginning to round up Japanese-Americans. At four years old his family was sent from Los Angeles to an internment camp in Arkansas.

According to an official survey of 1940 approximately 127,000 people of Japanese ancestry lived in the United States, the majority of which living on the West Coast and a third being born in Japan. Some of these people could not own land, become American citizens or vote. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, rumors started to spread which was fueled by race discrimination, of a plot among Japanese Americans to sabotage the war effort. In the early 1942, the Roosevelt administration was pressured to remove Japanese people from the West Coast by seeking to eliminate Japanese competition, politicians hoping to gain something for standing against an unpopular group and military