American Yawp

 

Why were Americans of Japanese ancestry incarcerated during the war?

What factors were at play during the interim between the attack on Pearl Harbor in December and the decision to issue Executive Order 9066 the following February?
How would you characterize the nature of confinement of Japanese Americans in the camps?
How does the military service of Japanese Americans during the war complicate the history of the Internment?
What are the overall implications of the Internment on American civil liberties?

American Yawp Chapter 25-26 (200 words total)

According to the document, what factors have altered the heretofore historic distribution of power?
What major issues does the United States face at this point in the Cold War?
What course(s) of action for the United States does this document recommend?
How does this document represent the militarization of the policy of containment?

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