Japanese Internment Questions

1-What was the U.S. government’s officially stated reason for the internment of Japanese-Americans? According to General DeWitt, why was interning Japanese-Americans necessary? In your opinion, were Japanese-Americans a genuine threat to American security? Explain.

2-Historically, how has the U.S. treated Japanese-American? Why do you think Japanese-Americans were interned while most Italian-Americans and German-Americans were not?  Why would it have been relatively easy to round up Japanese-Americans for relocation?

3-What difficulties and hardships did Japanese-Americans experience as a result of internment? Why do you think most Japanese-Americans complied with the internment order?

4-Describe the areas where the internment camps were located. Do you think the U.S. was justified in interning Japanese-Americans during WWII? Explain.