Japanese Internment Camps (KATRINA FRICKLE, ERIKA BYRNE, COLTON GERTH)

Japanese Relocation Camps Timespan

Period: Jan 11, 1940 to Jan 11, 1990

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

On this morning, the Japanese bombed the U.S. Navel Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Executive Order 9066

Feb 19, 1942

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066. This order rounded up 120,000 Americans with Japanese heritage to one of the ten relocation camps. www.thepeoplehistory.com/february19th.html

Western Defense Command

Mar 2, 1942

The Western Defense Command issues a proclamation which removes Japanese descendents from the western halves of California, Oregon, and Washington, and the southern third of Arizona. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/1942.htm

Mac Arthur

Mar 11, 1942

Mac Arthur abandons 90,000 troops in the Phillipines but then returns and captures it. www.history.com/this_day_in_history/macarthur_leaves_

U-123 Attacks

Mar 24, 1942

At 3:00 AM, U-123 attacks British tanker MU Empire steel and sinks it. worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/day-936-march-24-1942.html

Begining of the Battle of Coral Sea

May 7, 1945

This is the begining of the Battle of Coral Sea. A Japanese Aircraft carrier is sunk by American bombers. www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii_pay/coralsea/c5_3.htm/

First Nulear Weapon Drop

Aug 6, 1945

U.S. B-29 Superfortress dropped the first nuclear weapon on the city of Airshima, Japan. www.wiki.answers.com/q/what_happened_on_augusst_6_1945

Most Released From Camps

Dec 31, 1945

By this time almost all the Japanese-Americans were released from the internment camps. Mrs. Hatler

The Last Relocation Center

Mar 20, 1946

Tule Lake War Relocation Center, the last relocation center, closed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/march_1946#march_20.26_1946_.28wednsday.29

Petitioners Released

Jun 30, 1947

U.S. District Judge Louis E. Goodman orders petitioners to be released. www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html

Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act

Jul 2, 1948

President Trueman signs the Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act to compensate economic losses. http://korematsu.wikispaces.com/Japanese+American+Evacuation+Claims+Act

Apologies

Aug 10, 1988

Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 to victims and apologizing to them. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/History/S06%20-%20Civil%20Liberties%20Act%20of%201988.htm