Japanese Internment

Right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Americans were overcome with hate for the Japanese; even the ones who were U.S. citizens. The hate became so strong that Franklin Roosevelt had to sign an executive order that sent every American of Japanese decent to interment camps spread out around the country. Conditions in these camps were that of the concentration camps for the Jewish. The rooms were over crowded and not heated. The people living in them had to cover with blankets that they were give, which still wasn't enough to keep warm. Food was terrible, and was given at 40 cents a internee. The actions of putting these Japanese in internment camps led to a lot of legal problems. The United States was sued for descrimination on the Japanese people, just because of their family history. Four years after they were first opened, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an order to end the use of interment camps in the Uniter States.
References
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1679.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=Japanese+Internment&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&rlz=1I7GGLD_en&prmd=ib&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=m868S5eeI6CeM9ncjawP&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16&ved=0CE0Q5wIwDw

-Caden Chowdhury-