Chronology of Internment

By sjpaden
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  • United States declares war

  • Executive Order 9066

  • Public Law 503 signed into law. Enforces penalties for violating exclusion orders

  • Japan surrenders

  • Western Defense Command revokes restrictions

  • Relocation Centers closed

  • Japanese-American Claims Act

  • Proclamation 4417

  • Civil Liberties Act.

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