Japanese Immigration and Internment

Which area of the United States initially (first) recruited Japanese people to work on sugar plantations?

• Florida

• California

• Hawaii

• Washington

What PUSH factor led to increased Japanese emigration?

• Farming opportunites

• Higher wages in the United States

• Religious intolerance and persecution

• New taxes during the Meiji Restoration

In what jobs did Japanese immigrants find success which threatened Americans?

• Manual labor

• Farming

• Lawyers

• Merchants

What happened on December 7, 1941?

• The U.S. government began relocating people of Japanese ancestry to "relocation camps".

• The U.S. reversed the Chinese Exclusion Act.

• The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on a Japanese city.

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the U.S. declared war on Japan.

Where were most Japanese internment camps located?

• Near major cities

• Remote, desert locations

• On isolated islands

• Along the West Coast

In 1988 the U.S. government made amends for interning people of Japanese ancestry by apologizing and giving a reparations payment of _______________________ to each surviving Japanese American?

• $200

• $2,000

• $20,000

• $200,000

What did the Immigration Act of 1965 do?

• Permitted up to 20,000 people per country each year to immigrate

• Reversed the Immigration Act of 1924

• Used national origin to influence the chances of immigration

• Completely stopped Asian immigration

What event led the U.S. to declare war on Japan and enter World War II?

• Germany broke their agreement and invaded Poland

• Japan invaded Manchuria, China

• It was discovered that Japan planned to invade the West Coast of the U.S.

• Japan attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

True or False: All Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps.

• True

• False

True or False: The United States apologized for Japanese internment immediately after WWII.

• True

• False