Japanese camp research (kaleb clemow / tucker larsen)

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor started. http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html

Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066

Feb 19, 1942

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Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing authorities from the military to exclude anyone without any hearings or trials.

Public Proclamation #1 issued

Mar 2, 1942

Relocation centers added to various states in America

Aug 14, 1942

California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas all had relocation centers built.
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Japanese surrender

Feb 19, 1945

Japanese surrender after an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

The atomic bomb that dropped on Hiroshima wiped out all of the people living in it. http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html

Ending of Tule lake

Mar 20, 1946

On March 20, 1946 the concentration camp Tule Lake closed down for good.
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President Truman signs Japanese American Evacuation Claims act

Jul 2, 1948

Truman signs Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, over 28 million dollars planned to be paid out
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Resolutions

Jul 10, 1970

Resolution announced calling for reparations for WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988 signed by Ronald Reagan

Aug 10, 1988

Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 to make sure that the Japanese or any other culture never had to live in relocation camps again. (In the U.S.)
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