Day 3: The Japanese Internment Camps Flashcards
What is discrimination?
Discrimination is the act of acting physically while having a racist or biased mindset.
What is Prejudice?
Prejudice is the act of having biased thoughts/ a biased mindest.
What were Japanese Internment Camps?
Japanese Interment Camps were places that over 122000 Japanese Americans were sent to go live in starting from pearl harbor to a bit after the end of WWII. These Camps were basically prisons for the Japanese, even though they did nothing wrong. These Japanese Internment Camps were a form of scapegoating, where the American people belammed the entire Japanese American population to be spies, and therefore said they should be punished, and these camps were the result of that.
How did the U.S government repay the Japanese Americans after WWII?
Eventually, the U.S said that if a Japanese American could prove that they were a survivor of the Internment Camps, they would get a cash bonus. Now although this barely makes up to a fraction of the experience they had to endure, it was better than nothing.
How many Japanese Internment Camps were there?
10 in total.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was the 32nd president, and was president during WWII. FDR would sign executive order 9066 into law, and this was the order that forced all Japanese Americans to go to Internment Camps.
How many terms was FDR elected?
He was elected a whopping 4 terms, even with the 2 term policy, because of WWII. Even though he was elected 4 times, he only lived for about 3 of them.
What was the Attack On Pearl Harbor?
It was an attack on the military base in Pearl harbor by the Imperial Japanese Airforce. This attack was launched on December 7, 1941. This attack caused the U.S to join WWII after a long time of being neutral. This also caused many Americans to discriminate Japanese Americans.
What is Bias?
Bias is thinking unfairly/leaning towards a group of people even though it does not make logical sense.
