Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial.

The United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment IV: No person shall be held to
answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. .hmm, whats up with that?

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941 - of the 96 ships in the harbor, 18 were sunk (Arizona, Oklahoma) or seriously damaged -of 394 aircraft at Hickam, Wheeler, Bellows airfields, 188 destroyed and 159 damaged

2403 U.S. military killed (1102 in Arizona) and 1178 wounded

Immediately after the attack, people on the West Coast remained calm.
Then? Californias history of Asian racism- sentiments Japanese Americans numbered only about 112,000 and had no political power At the time, they were mainly living in ethnic communities in 3 West Coast states: California, Oregon, and Washington.

What is an executive order? Gave the War Department the authority to evacuate the Japanese Americans from the West Coast and intern them in relocation camps for the rest of the war. Despite the lack of evidence of disloyalty or sedition (treason) activity among the evacuees, few public leaders opposed the plan.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 in early 1942.

Army officials gave families only a few days to get rid of their property. Businesses that had taken a lifetime to build up were broken up over night. Japanese American families were forced to sell their homes and other real estate at a fraction of what it was worth. The internees were moved to hastily built camps in California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arkansas.
The U.S. internment camps were overcrowded and provided poor living conditions. According to a 1943 report published by the War Relocation Authority ,Japanese Americans were housed in "tarpaper-covered barracks of simple frame construction without plumbing or cooking facilities of any kind."

What is propaganda? - Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=13499&title=Histori cal_Propaganda___Japanese_Internment_WWII

-How was the video propaganda? -What cause was it trying to promote? - The video was made by the government. Why would they try to make Japanese internment sound this way rather than tell everyone about what we just learned?

Labor shortages in farming

College students Enlistment in the armed services- Was this a good idea when we thought that we were moving spies out of areas they could be used? In the beginning, the Supreme Court allowed the removal of Japanese Americans on the basis of military necessity, but avoided ruling on the constitutionality of the internment program.

In 1944, two and a half years after signing Executive Order 9066, fourth-term President Franklin D. Roosevelt rescinded the order. The last internment camp was closed by the end of 1945.