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='Remember Pearl Harbor'= OVERVIEW Western countries merely wished to exploit Asia and showed much prejudice against her peoples.

The 19th century Western carving up of China had been a warning to Japan.

Japan realized that to retain her independence and national character she had to adopt some Western ideas, and quickly.

In particular Japan copied Western military ideas, for example her navy started building a ‘dreadnaught’ battleship in 1905 - a year before HMS Dreadnaught was started in Britain.

Japan’s modern military then set about finding ways to promote Japanese interestsabroad.

//Pearl Harbor and WWII.// On an calm Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, the Japanese shocked the world by bombing the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.This 'dastardly attack' was allowed the American an excuse to join World War II. On December 8, President Roosevelt and Congress declared war on Japan. On December 11, Congress declared war on Germany. //FBI Raids// Within hours the Japanese American on the island of Hawaii were gathered up and placed into retention center on the island. House to house roundups of 1,212 Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) in Hawaii and the mainland. Many of the Issei leaders were placed into U.S. Justice Department internment camps such as New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, and Tennessee. These people were declared “enemy alien.”

//Executive Order 9066// Many people were afraid that Japanese Americans that lived on the West Coast might be acting as spies helping Japan attack the U.S. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This forced Japanese Americans to move from their homes to “internment” camps. This was to keep them from spying by monitoring the lives.

//Mass Removal// From March 24 to November 3, 1942 Japanese Americans were gathered up and placed into internment camp. At the time of the Round-up they no legal charges brought against them, no hearing with their peers; they were not told of their new location, how long they would be detained, what conditions they would face, nor what would happen to them. They were given 48 hours to gather their belonging and report to the loading centers. Once they arrived at the camps families they were registered and given numbered tags to identify themselves and their belongings. They were told to bring only what they could carry in two suitcases weighting 100 pounds. This included household and personal items they needed for daily living. No animals were allowed. Total loss at this time was estimated in the billions

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