Over 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in camps during World War II following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and out of suspicion that they may aid Japan, despite many being U.S. citizens. FDR authorized Executive Order 9066 in 1942 allowing local commanders to designate areas for exclusion and internment camps were built quickly on the west coast where internees, including families with only the clothes on their backs, stayed until the exclusion order was rescinded in 1945 and camps finally closed in 1946.

1. Japanese Internment In America

2. Reasoning Bombing of Pearl Harbor American Citizen Unrest Suspicion about

3. Internment 110,000 Japanese were interned FDR Authorized Executive Order 9066 on 2/19/1942 Allowed local military commanders to designate "military areas" as "exclusion zones“

4. Internment Cont’d Everyone of Japanese Ancestry Were Interned On The West Coast

5. In The Camps Many families were forced to simply take the "clothes on their backs." Thecampswere built quickly by civilian contractors Armed guards were posted at the camps Internees usually stayed with their families, and were treated well unless they violated the rules

6. Internment Ends On January 2, 1945, the exclusion order was rescinded entirely The last internment camp was not closed until 1946 While the majority returned to their former lives, some of the Japanese Americans emigrated to Japan.

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8. Sources Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNn-Y_UMJUY&feature=fvw Other Info: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/japanese-americans/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_World_War_II_Japanese_American_internment_camps.png