Japanese-American Internment During WWII

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"This paper will examine the political, social, and economic issues surrounding the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. On December 7, 1941, the nation of Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor, an American military base located in the Hawaiian islands. As a result of this attack, the United States government declared war on Japan. In the coming months, many Americans began to fear that Japanese-Americans living in the western United States might be involved in espionage to help their home nation win the war. There was no evidence to support this fear. Rather, it was the result of racist feelings which had arisen in response to the war. Nevertheless, politicians throughout the United States began urging the President to pass a bill which would forcibly remove all Japanese-Americans from the west coast for the duration of the war. One of the leaders of ... "

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