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New Oppurtunities
Japanese Immigrants began arriving in America for freedom, economic oppurtunity, and the promise of a better life. These people were a group called the Issei and they didn't know how cruel this country would be to them. -
Anti-Japanese Fears
Many whites watched as Japanese went up the economical scale from being in poverty to becoming a middle class citizen. This shocked many whites, which caused them to be barred in unions from membership and in some trade. And schools discussed segregation and some implemented it.Newspapers also wrote about how the Japanese "problem" was threatening the country and endangering American citizens. -
Gentlemens Agreement
The nation of Japan and the president of the U.S., Theodore Roosevelt decided to make a negotiation known as the Gentlemen's Agreement. Under it's terms, the Japanese government would stop issuing passports to laborers, and they would restrict immigration to laborers who have already been in America and the wives, children, and parents of laborers who currently reside there. -
Picture Brides
It was the increase in Japanese immigrating to America which was caused by the Gentlemens Agreement. This occured because the Gentlemens Agreement gave the families of the Japanese laborers(who have already been in the U.S. or are were there currently) a right to enter the country legally. -
Pearl Harbor
The Bombing of a U.S. port in Hawaii which shocked many people. This was one of the BIGGEST steps leading to the use of Japanese Americans in Internment Camps.This was the reason America declared war on Japan and entered World War ll. -
"Enemy Aliens"
This was when FBI agents started rounding up 3,000 suspected "enemy aliens" after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Half of those subjects were of Italian or German descent. The rest were thought to be of Japanese decent. -
Executive Order 9066
This was a presidential order that gave the Secretary of War right to prescribe certain areas as military zones. Eventually, EO 9066 cleared the way for deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. -
Civilian Exclusion Orders
This waas when Genral DeWitt began to give orders that specific areas should be ready for the Japanese Americans to be moved to those areas in "Military Area Number 1". -
Round up of all Japanese Americans
This was when all Japanese Americans were required to report to their relocation centers. -
E-Day
E-Day was the day when Japanese Americans had to start reporting to the control camps.On E-Day families were given quality food for breakfast so they wouldn't have to travel on an empty stomach. Many volunteers were there to help Japanese Americans cope with their luggage and children.
