Japanese American Prison Camps on U.S. Soil

During WWII, Japanese-Americans were unjustly interned due to ancestry-based suspicion following Pearl Harbor. Executive Order 9066 led to the forced relocation of 110,000 people to camps with poor conditions. Decades later, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 acknowledged this injustice, offering reparations and a formal apology. The video prompts reflection on how to prevent similar ethnic discrimination in future crises.

What were the reasons behind the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War?

How did the attack on Pearl Harbor influence the treatment of Japanese-Americans?

What was Executive Order 9066 and what powers did it grant the US government?

What were the living conditions like in the internment camps?

What actions were taken decades later regarding the internment of Japanese-Americans?