the attack & its ramifications for japanese americans

1. Pearl Harbor & Japanese Internment

2. On December 7 th 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i

12. The U.S.S. Arizona continues to leak oil in this 2004 photograph

14. WHY did the Japanese attack the United States?

16. Reactions to the attack

17. Reactions to the attack

18. Reactions to the attack

19. Reactions to the attack

20. Because Pearl Harbor was a “sneak attack” Americans began to distrust Americans of Japanese or even Chinese descent.

21. There were rumors that Japanese-American citizens would spy for Japan or sabotage the war effort.

22. The U.S. government decided to lock up any Japanese-Americans for the duration of the war.

23. Internment camps were set-up in isolated areas of the country

24. Japanese-Americans were rounded and sent by train to their new “homes”

26. 120,000 Japanese-Americans were placed in camps for the duration of the war.