When Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, millions of infuriated Americans, especially on the west coast, instantly changed their views from isolationist to avenger. Based on the clip we watched in class, is this statement valid? Prove your point of view using evidence or links. Be sure to build off of each other's posts and let your intellectual curiosity guide the conversation. You are responsible for posting AT LEAST once.
Here are the clips if you would like to watch them again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e6h9h7ky0E&list=FLgCWFWjRTcDFHTZxwO_4dhQ&index=7&feature=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnS1vDO-phQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6jzVvQ_vM&feature=related
At first, Americans wanted nothing to do with the war, but then after the attack on Pearl Harbor, America was all for the war. Americans did in fact go from isolationists to avengers. This was the point that officially pushed the U.S to join World War II. FDR wanted to fight Germany first though and didn’t let the pressure get to him because if Germany had beaten Britain before the Allies got a chance to defeat Japan, Hitler would have become unstoppable. As this was happening, just enough troops had been sent to Japan to keep them in line. Being an isolationist country made it a bit difficult to prepare for this war. The only challenge America was faced with now was being able to mobilize quickly enough to stop Germany after years of isolation. Japan had literally hit home and that is why Americans went from isolationists to avengers.
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this clip is of FDR's speech on Pearl Harbor. i thought it was interesting because it gives info. on the attack.
I agree with what Sara is saying about FDR. FDR was being a genius politician when he made the decision to not jump right into war. He waited and secretly helped the allies by getting pass the neutrality acts. He passed the lend lease act which allowed him to help Britain and stop Hitler from taking them over. It was a great political move his other great move was not saying there was war with China and Japan. This was a smart move because we could keep trading with China. The video she posted is also a good depiction of the times and Countries thinking. It is one of the most famous speeches in American history. It has some great lines in it and puts the thoughts of every American into this speech.
DeleteAmerica had implemented neutrality act after neutrality act, high trade tariffs and a system to no longer let countries borrow from America. This was how isolationist America had become, America did not become aggressive and only compromised, not seeking action. But on a Sunday in December that would change. After the surprise attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, America had drastically changed their mind, from being isolationist to wanting war. The nation’s unity was as strong as steel as many wanted war after what America had lived through, its first attack. The Senate had voted the declaration of war 82 votes to 0 showing how unified and how much America’s mind had changed from being isolationist and not wanting war, to declaring and fighting the war. America was now in War machine mode as our economy was flipped into a war time economy again as massive military order had created jobs and created massive production, later ending the great depression. The unity was so strong in America that women and whites helped in the war and many soldier enlisted to fight. The draft was also enacted to get soldiers and this caused for America to start the brasero program. As America had no one to work in its factories it hired braceros, Mexican American workers to take the places of those who went to serve in the military, this was there solution to the problem. Along with that solution came women. who now worked harder and as equal as men in America, working for hours and having a bigger role in America. America was a sleeping giant and with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor it had woken it up. The attack was the final straw as America changed its mindset from isolationist to Avenger, forever changing America’s role in the world.
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DeleteI wanted to go deeper into the declaration of war the Alex mentioned. World War II was the last time the United States officially declared war on another nation. On December 8, 1941 in his famous speech following the attacks President Roosevelt requested that Congress declare war on Japan saying, "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.”
DeleteCongress did just that. The Senate approved the declaration unanimously. The declaration was also passed in the House of Representatives with a vote of 388 to 1. The single vote against the war was cast by Montana congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. Interestingly enough, the lifelong pacifist also voted against the United States entrance to World War I. Later that same day at 4 p.m., President Roosevelt officially signed the U.S. declaration of war on Japan.
This shows the change in feelings toward the war that was experienced even by the U.S. government in the aftermath of this devastating attack. Prior to Pearl Harbor the government had been unwilling to involve America in what they thought of as someone else’s war, passing various neutrality acts and taking measures to keep us out of war. Afterwards, just at the people felt that retaliation was necessary so did our politicians.
http://www.worldwar-two.net/acontecimentos/130/
I don’t believe that this statement is valid. Most of America didn’t all of a sudden want war just because of Pearl Harbor. Sure it was the first attack on American soil by a foreign nation in over a hundred years, but that one attack didn’t propel the United States into World War II. The aggression that the foreign dictators of Germany, Italy, and Japan showed was the main cause for America joining the war. Roosevelt knew that War was inevitable so he began doing what he could to help the United States prepare them for war. The war industry began to prosper by trading their manufactured goods to the allies. This caused the destruction of many transport ships by the Germans which caused anger amongst Americans. Roosevelt held trade with China after Japan had already taken control of it. The Japanese then sunk the Panay. All these aggressions against the country came to a climax at Pearl Harbor. The initial attack caused some to all of a suddenly change from being Isolationists to avengers but most of it was because of the instances leading up to the attack.
ReplyDeleteI'm all in with Rian's point of view. Like he had mentioned, and like "King Neptune" mentioned in class, Pearl Harbor was really the climax for the US joining the war. FDR knew war was inevitable, and because of this he was able to prepare and slowly move us, as a nation, into war. This was a well lesson learned during WWI when previous president, Woodrow Wilson had failed to do so (prepare for war), and instead avoided the war as long as possible without any arrangements or precautions if or when the time came. This was very detrimental to the US and caused much chaos amongst our country as we scrambled to be equipped and created drafts for soldiers that we didn't have. We were placed among the 50th biggest army, leaving us to struggle to victory. President Wilson waited almost three years to finally declare war, even after having our "Lusitania" ship sunk by German U-boats. Even then Wilson only asked for an apology. With that said, FDR surely did not want to repeat this mistake and by all means he didn't as he prepared the US with one of the strongest military's. As for the question posed on whether the statement is valid or invalid, I would agree with Rian and say it is invalid to assume that most Americans became avenging, but were rather already in the mentality to fight for our country, and for the freedom we stand for.
DeleteRight you are sandy; the attack on our Hawaiian fleet was the climax of pre-war events. More specifically, it was the straw that broke the camels back. Like Rian mentioned, there were several other aspects that affected Americans decision to go to war. These include the Axis powers, along with the previous actions by the Japanese. At the time we were aiding china against the japs, and the Palay attack was still fresh in out minds. This is why I agree with the original statement the tragedy of Pearl Harbor turned Americans from isolationists into avengers.
DeleteHowever, prior to the attack not all Americans backed the isolationists’ ideals. Many supported Hoover and his movements closer to war. This attack was the action needed to sway the rest of the country.
I don’t agree with you three. The question I pose to you three is, although Pearl Harbor was the climax of the United States going into war, what happened to the United States before the war? As we all know, the League of Nations, created by president Woodrow Wilson was an association of countries that should have promoted international cooperation and achieved international peace and security. However, this wasn’t the case when dictatorships came about. The League of Nations was powerless compared to the world powers that were forming. Mussolini took over Ethiopia and the Italians and Germans allied with the Rome-Berlin Axis. Also, the Japanese, as you three mentioned, sank the Panay. This boat was anchored in the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China on December 12, 1937. The Japanese claimed that it was an accident. They didn’t see the American flags painted on the deck of the gunboat. They apologized to us and then paid the indemnity. Now after this, the United States went back to isolationism. Few wanted war, but the masses of people wanted to go to war because of Pearl Harbor.
DeleteI agree with Rian on the matter that America all at one time decided it needs to go to war. The tension between nations have been growing for a while before the attacks on Pearl Harbor. For example, this was not the first attack against America by Japan. Japan sank an American gunboat, in retaliation of the attack was a demand for an apology. This gave the appearance of weakness to foreign nations, Japan thought that an attack against America would weaken us an make a war with us easy fought. I think that Japans first attack against an American gunboat enraged many Americans and pushed the idea of war. The retaliation of a need for an apology enraged people more and gave a need for America to avenge for its looses. Pearl harbor was the breaking point for America which forced the country into world war two. Pearl Harbor was the point which swayed all of America to change from isolationists to avengers.
ReplyDeleteI found this website which has great information about the events leading up to the events at Pearl Harbor and briefly about the Pacific War.
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I have to agree with this statement, that it was the attack on Pearl Harbor that made the American people hungry for war. The government had slowly been inching the U.S. toward involvement in the war for some time. Through his Quarantine Speech President Roosevelt asked the people to remain neutral but to morally side against the fascist nations. The lend-lease act was seen by the world as America declaring that it had taken the Allies side. Despite these subtle actions the government could not go to war without the support of the people. The completely unexpected Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought this approval.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned before, in the years prior to the war the U.S. was very isolated from the rest of the world. So, it isn’t much of a surprise that the people were so united. The reaction to Pearl Harbor is very similar to the reaction we experienced following September 11th. The people came together, they wanted to avenge what had been done to their country. They supported one another.
Most people didn’t want anything to do with the war because they felt America had no business being involved. The attack made the war America’s business. It gave the U.S. a reason to become involved and once they had that reason the people had no problem supporting a war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnOtWm5OrM
“The attack on Pearl Harbor united Americans as never before in history. In the explosions at Pearl Harbor there was forged a will for complete and absolute victory over the forces of evil.”
This video really shows what was happening at the time. It is clearly propaganda and very dramatic but it shows the feeling of unification seen in the people and the desire retaliate.
Pearl Harbor was one of the most traumatic and influential events in United States history. in one day the Japanese attack swayed the views of most of America from isolationist to avenger. Some people may say that it was the events beforehand that actually sparked the war. However, because the vote to go to war was unanimous the very next day, I believe this is the biggest reason. For example, in WW1 we went to war largely due to the German attacks on our cargo and passenger ships. When the Japanese attacked our ship named the USS Panay we simply asked for an apology from the Japanese. This showed how we had changed from WW1 to WW2. If we still thought that we should go to war for this reason we would have done so after the sinking of the USS Panay. Also,the United States was largely benefiting by staying out of the war before this event. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor the war wasn't a threat to us. We were benefiting from the production of war materials as well. Once the war was brought to our soil, we were forced into war.
ReplyDeleteMermaid man mentioned that staying out of the war benefited America and I agree with this statement. Our business and economy recuperated by staying out. We actually traded weapons secretly to other nations. However, I believe that America was benefited even more when it joined the war. It may sound a bit odd, but the United states gained so much more after joining the war. For example, it ended the Great Depression and it continued economic growth in the U.S. The U.S. emerged from the war not only untouchable, but economically strengthened. The industrial expansion duting wartime placed the United States at an advantage over both its allies and its enemies.
DeleteThere were many events that led to the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Japan invaded China in 1937. America, who was trading with China at the time and who were also isolated, imposed embargoes on many key supplies on Japan in 1940. This gave Japan the choice to either back out of China or take action towards America. Also, in 1937, Japan sunk the USS Panay. America tried to prevent conflict and obey by their multiple Neutrality Acts and only asked for apology from Japan. Japan saw America as weak after this incident. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor in early December of1941, Americas formed a strong opinion on whether America should take action and go to war with Japan or stay isolated. Americans united against Japan. The phrase “Remember Pearl Harbor” was used to persuade those against the way to support joining World War II. Many people believe that the attacks on Pearl Harbor doomed Japan to defeat. This was simply because Japan involved themselves with a country who had a powerful army. I do not believe that Pearl Harbor was the main event that changed the opinions of Americans. There were many events that led up to the attacks on Pearl Harbor that could change the opinion of Americans on the decision of America’s involvement in World War II.
ReplyDeleteLike Kate said, there were many events that led up to America's decision to go to war. But, I disagree with one thing that she mentioned. I think that Pearl Harbor was the one event that led to Americans changing their minds to enter the war or not. Americans did not really know what was going on around the world and they did not even know that Japan had a reason to attack us. The one thing I do agree with Kate on is, the fact that FDR knew that the attack was coming sooner or later. Pearl Harbor was not what led to the United States going into war in the eyes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR, like I talked about in my post, was said to have been very calm when hearing word about the attack. He knew that something like this was coming.
Deletehttp://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1207/Pearl-Harbor-day-How-FDR-reacted-on-December-7-1941
This is a website that says that how calm he was, was hiding knowledge behind it. FDR was calm because, he had a certain foreknowledge. Foreknowledge is the awareness of something before it happens or exists. Conspiracy theorists stated that FDR either knew that something like Pearl Harbor was going to happen and just let it happen. Or that he tricked Japan into the attack and then drew America into the war.
I agree with a lot of the things that Kerry said in response to Kate's entry. At a critical time in American history we had a great man to lead us through it. he was composed the day after the attack and he knew what he had to do in order to re-install American security. The conspiracy theory that Kerry mentioned is particularly interesting to me. I do not personally believe it but you can see why other people would believe in it. It was well known that FDR was not an isolationist and that he completely intended on going to war. Before this he had angered the Japanese in many ways like the quarantine before the attack. To some people it may look like he was provoking the attack. However, i simply can not see a president ever allowing an attack on our soil just to enter a war.
DeletePearl Harbor was the first attack on American soil. It is all shown in the clip we watched today. I think the people there started to know what was happening they just did not want to believe it. People who lived back then had no idea anything like that would ever happen. The reactions to these attacks were drastic though. The American people were shocked at first but then they wanted revenge. This clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwOljDvj9Wg shows the president’s speech after the attacks, and the crowd’s reaction can be heard as they cheer for revenge. The country has now became blood thirsty and are seeking revenge and they know the best way to get it is in war. Our country had completely changed from isolationist to angry people all because of the events of you day.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese did not expect this at all as Colin was saying they thought we were soft people and would just roll over to whatever demands they made. They wanted to push us around and take complete control of the pacific. They were completely wrong though and they pushed us right into the war. Without this attack who know when we would have got into the war. It could have been to late so pearl harbor happening could have been terrible for us but it could have been the best thing for the allies. They could have been taken over if Pearl Harbor happened maybe even a year later.
As Al and Colin both mention, the Japanese thought we were soft and weak. They didn't think that we would fight back when they attacked the second time. When the Panay incident happened, we let it slide and asked for an apology. America did NOTHING to the Japanese. We also put up a face of weakness by staying uninvolved with all of the foreign conflicts going on all around the world. For example, when Spain was fighting its civil war, not once did we decide to help or assist them. We sat there and watched. Another thing that made us seem soft and weak is the signing of the nonaggression treaty with Germany. America wanted nothing but isolation at the time and that is what made Japan think that we were vulnerable and willing to do whatever we could to stay out of the war. What they didn't expect, like Al said, was for us to retaliate and join WWII.
DeleteThe transition from Americans being isolationists to avengers ties back to the American way of warfare. Americans will only fight if something happens to them first. For example, in World War I, Americans didn’t want to fight until Germans started sinking American ships like the Lusitania and the Sussex by surprise. The attack on Pearl Harbor shocked Americans because we didn’t know we were in bad terms with Japan. Nonetheless, Americans “put their dukes up,” and prepared to avenge those who were lost early that Sunday morning. By joining the cause, we showed the other powers of the world that we are not weak, that we still are a world power, and their actions will not be uncontested any longer. Our intelligent president FDR expected America to be drawn into the war before anyone else. In fact, he believed war was inevitable from the very beginning. Instead of hastily going and attacking Germany, he waited for the Allies to defeat Japan before Germany could defeat Britain. To insure our victory, American forces were island hopping moving from island to island until America controlled the whole Pacific in preparation to invading Japan. With Japan in check we now had to get other dictatorships in check. Beforehand, Mussolini and Hitler went overboard and the League of Nations didn’t do anything to stop them. Overall, the League of Nations failed to oversee world affairs because Mussolini took over Ethiopia and Italy and Germany allied with the Rome-Berlin Axis. Japan brought us into the war. If it wasn’t for the attack, Americans would have stayed isolationists. On the other hand, I think in a sick twisted way we have to thank Japan for attacking us. If they had not attacked we wouldn’t have gotten involved, our markets wouldn’t have gone up and employee rates go up as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Adaobi in, that in a weird sick twisted way, we have to thank Japan for attacking us. Without such attack we would have not been prepared and entered into World War II. And without the war we probably wouldn’t have gotten out of the depression. Many historians say that Roosevelt’s New Deal did not solve the Great Depression, but Americas involvement in World War II. This is because we became a war machine preparing for and in World War II; millions of jobs were created in America as mass production was happening, weapons, tanks, clothes’, and food was made for the soldiers overseas. America had put out a phenomenal amount of goods, and played an important role in the world, taking on two fights, one in Europe and the other in the Pacific. It practically came to save Europe and the world from evil, and rose to military dominance and becoming the world power it is today. After the war America had an enormous economic bomb, really boosting the middle class. America has shown that it was the greatest country the world has ever seen, and to that we can thank Japan. Without the “day that will live in infamy” we would have never entered the war, and become the great country we are today.
DeleteThe attack on Pearl Harbor did change the American perspective as far as our involvement in the war was concerned. America has been waiting to become involved for many particular reasons. For one, Franklin D. Roosevelt clearly was not an isolationist and with his interventionist views and influences, America was evidently headed for war. As many mentioned before, the American people were not as open to the idea of becoming involved, as with any war, there was great opposition. The main reason for American isolationism was that we had particular interests we were protecting. But, it is quite interesting how America has always tried to stay away from its traditional mentality on intervening. Intervening is not a new concept to Americans and there have been previous instances of America intervening diverse nations. For example, America in the late 1890s became involved with and resided in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish War. If our nation has always been one of isolationism, why did we become involved? Well, she became involved because, as in almost every instance in American history, whenever America feels threaten or is attacked, she acts immediately, as Adaobi also mentioned. Pearl Harbor was no different. At first, there was opposition but when the Japanese attacked, it took many by surprise and it enraged the nation. The fact that the America did not foresee the attack, and the previous sinking of the Panay, led Americans to seek revenge of the Japanese in the matter of one day. It is incredible to see that in the matter of one day a whole nation can change the perception of interventionism in America. Luckily, interventionist President Franklin D. Roosevelt was prepared. This was because he, in fact, did know that America would eventually become involved in the war.
ReplyDeleteLike Al said the people were unaware of what was actually happening in the world. This shows that the people really didn’t care what was happening to anyone else besides America and her people. After Pearl Harbor I think the mentality of all the people changed to become this is now our problem, we want revenge. This is how America has entered in every foreign war, so far as a nation that wanted nothing to do with your Europe, but Europe always dragged America into these things. Now Japan having attack Pearl Harbor brought America into this war. This event actually saved America, if we didn’t get involve and declare war on Japan then Germany and Italy wouldn’t declare war on us. This made us go fight with Britain with the “Hitler first “ idea , if we didn’t help Britain when we did they would have fell and WWII would have been totally different.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else on the idea that it was the attack on Pearl Harbor that set Americans off. Most Americans were not expecting the Japanese to attack us, they did not know that they even had a reason to be mad at us. the movie "Pearl Harbor" depicts the surprise very well. The Pearl Harbor attack happened on a Sunday morning and, as most would assume, most Americans were either in church or asleep. All that most Americans knew was that they did not want to go to war. Because of this attack, the American view on war instantly did a 180. The Americans that did not want to join the war started to feel that it was necessary that we go to war. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans felt that because we were not fully involved with what was going on, there was no need for us to enter the war. Once the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, it immediately hit home. We began to feel the impact of what was going on and wanted to change how things were around the world.
ReplyDeleteAfter the attacks American’s opinions did shift from their isolationist ways of the1920s and early 1930s, to supporting war. The day after the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred; America declared war on the Empire of Japan. Also, support for war in Europe increased after the Japanese attacks. Secret support for Britain, like the Neutrality Patrol, which was organized by the United States Navy and Coast Guard and was ordered to track and report the movement of any warlike operations in the waters of the Western Hemisphere, was replaced by active alliance. Four days after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, war was declared on Germany Italy.
DeleteUnlike most of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not surprised by the attack on Pearl Harbor. When FDR recieved word about the attack he was having lunch with a close friend, Harry L. Hopkins. Hopkins said that it was probably a mistake, the United States could not be under attack. Roosevelt on the other hand said that it was probably true and that he was not surprised by this. He had a feeling that it was coming sooner or later, but was not sure when it would actually happen. Right then FDR knew that it was time for America to join the war. He decided that best way to enter this war would be one step at a time, not all at once, otherwise they would not be prepared. He was described as "deadly calm" with the idea of going to war. They say that Roosevelt always knew that America would end up going into war and that he was just waiting for when the time came that they could enter it. This attack on Pearl Harbor instantly gave FDR a reason to push the United States into war.
ReplyDeleteFDR was not surprised about the attack on Pearl Harbor because he knew it was going to happen, and wanted it to happen. There are many conspiracy theories surrounding this event and the one revolving around this matter is the most convincing. The Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge theory is the idea that the American officials had prior knowledge of Japan's December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Ever since that day there has been debate as to how and why the United States had been caught off guard and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans for an attack.
DeleteFDR wanted Japan to take the first shot against the United States, for it would allow the nation to enter the war via the “back door”. This can be proved with the McCollum memo. On October 7, 1940, Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. McCollum of the Office of Naval Intelligence transmitted a memo to Navy Captains Walter S. Anderson and Dudley Knox, which describes eight actions which will piss off the Japanese and provoke them into attacking the United States. The memo remained classified until 1994.
A. Make an arrangement with Britain for the use of British bases in the Pacific, particularly Singapore
B. Make an arrangement with Holland for the use of base facilities and acquisition of supplies in the Dutch East Indies
C. Give all possible aid to the Chinese government of Chiang-Kai-Shek
D. Send a division of long range heavy cruisers to the Orient, Philippines, or Singapore
E. Send two divisions of submarines to the Orient
F. Keep the main strength of the U.S. fleet now in the Pacific[,] in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands
G. Insist that the Dutch refuse to grant Japanese demands for undue economic concessions, particularly oil
H. Completely embargo all U.S. trade with Japan, in collaboration with a similar embargo imposed by the British Empire
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/mccollum.htm
Under the leadership of FDR the united state purposely carried out the actions in order to enter WWII.
So I was doing a bit of research on Pearl Harbor and what nobody really seems to know, or at least make reference to, is the social effect that the attack on Pearl Harbor brought. Specifically, this was a great ordeal of change towards Japanese-Americans, which were now being discriminated harshly. On February 19th, 1942, FDR imposed the Executive Order 9066 which forced over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent to be imprisoned in these camps. In less than 48 hours they were to be evicted from their homes escorted to a prison. In other words, this attack on the US created a mass hysteria towards all Japanese-Americans. Not only was this outrageous, but the US tried to justify this action by claiming there were "spies" about the US. In the end, there were only 10 spies captured. More importantly, they were Caucasian. Of the 120,000 Japanese-descents imprisoned, more than two-thirds of them were children. As great as a president FDR was, I found this a bit unconstitutional to say the least. With that said, many of the captured Japanese died from mistreatment and bad medical care.
ReplyDeleteI like Sandy’s point of view. After the Pearl Harbor attack America changed their foreign interests by going from Isolationists to Avengers. However the United States also looked inward as well which most people don’t know about. The United States was now involved in World War two and most people Americans wanted the war and were prepared for it, unlike World War one. But as Sandy stated earlier FDR imprisoned over 120,000 Japanese Americans because of the mass hysteria from the attack. This attack woke America up and let them see what the world has come to. FDR knew that one day they would have to get involved but for the American people it took an attack on their own soil in order for them to notice the inevitable.
DeleteAs Sandy brought up the attacks at pearl harbor not only brought about war to America. Also the attacks brought the hostility towards Japanese-Americans, as Matt pointed out it to be very unconstitutional. I think our treatment towards these select few can be draw as a parallel to concentration camps over seas set up by the Germans. AS Matt said there were many who died, over half of those imprisoned were children. Many of the adult citizens imprisoned were never showing signs of disloyalty.I tried to follow up to Matts about some of the treatment of those in the camps. I learned that many families were broken up, and many of these camps where in isolated locations with extreme heats. In January of 1945 proclamation allowed captive to return home. This is easily argued to be nearly as bad as concentration camps in Europe but still unconstitutional, rights of Habeas Corpos. The attacks on Pearl Harbor proved to be an emotional breaking point in america as well.
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