1. Japanese Internment Camps - Relocation and Confinement
... The Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with bomber planes. This attack forced the United States into World War II fighting against the Axis powers that included Japan, Italy, and Germany. In a response by the United States government they ordered all Japanese Americans into internment camps for security reasons. ... time, the American government established The Alien Enemy Act of 1798, which "permitted the summary apprehension and internment of Nationals of States at war with the US"" (Gardiner viii). It was because of this act the President had the right to force all ...
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