The Japanese American Internment
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è stato aggiornato: 11 gen 2018
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Created byAustin Leep
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Gentlemen's Agreement stops Immigration
of Japanese workersThe U.S Supreme Court confirms that Japanese
Immigrants cannot become U.S citizensThe Immigration Act of 1924 suspends
Japanese immigrationThe Alien Registration Act requires
noncitizens to register with the governmentJapanese bombers attack
Pearl HarborUnited States declares war on JapanPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt issuses exclusion zonesPublic Proclamation announces location of
first exclusion zonesCongress passes law making it a crime to disobey evacuation for Japanese AmericansCivilian Evacuation BeginsAll internees have been temporarily moved to
Civilian Assembly CampsInternees transferred to 10 relocation campsThe Manzanar Riot breaks outThe War Relocation Authority requires internees
to fill out questionnaireA guard shoots and kills James Wakasa; Internees go on strikeThe U.S. Supreme Court rules that curfews for a
minority group during wartime are constitutionalMore than 5,000 internees stage a protest at
California's Tule Lake camp.At Wyoming's Heart Mountain camp, the Fair Play Committee leads a military draft resistance movement; more than 80 were convicted and imprisonedThe Supreme Court rules that Executive Order
9066 is constitutional; the loyal U.S. citizens cannot be detainedRelease of internees from relocation camps beginsWith the closing of the Tule Lake camp, all internees have been releasedPresident Gerald Ford repeals Executive Order
9066, calling the internment a national mistakeThe Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
launches a campaign for redressCongress creates the Commission on Wartime
Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC)
to investigate the internmentCWRIC's report finds the internment unjustified
and recommends reparationsPeriodi
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