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The Japanese responded to America cutting off Japan's crude oil supply by destroying Americas warships so they could safely get oil from Indonesia. Without oil, you can't do much in terms of war.
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Events that led to and happened during the internment of Japanese Americans .
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Franklin Roosevelt's speech was broadcasted live on the radio to inform American citizens and and Japan that America had declared war against Japan.
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FDR signs a document declaring war against Japan.
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The president signs Executive Order 9066 stating that all persons of Japanese descent be shipped to Internment camps until America knows they pose no threat to national security.
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Over 110,000 Japanese Americans were transported from their homes to one of 10 internment camps in seven different states.
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Almost everyone of Japanese ancestry on the west coast have been successfully evacuated from their homes to internment camps.
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The United States Supreme Court passed a law saying that loyal citizens can't be held against their own will in internment camps. This was the beggining of the discontinuation of internment camps.
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Two atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, killing nearly 80,000 Japanese citizens, leaving Japan no choice but to surrender. This event ended World War II.
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Now there is no reason to keep holding Japanese Americans, so the camp closes and the internees are free to go.
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Public law 414 was passed by cingress, giving persons of Japanese ancestry thr right to become U.S citizens