Kent Chronicles, May 2012
Japanese Internment Camps during WWII
Long history of Anti-Asian Legislation:
____________________________________ (1882) California Alien Land Law of 1913 and 1920,
Immigration Act of 1924.
Dividing the Japanese Community
Issei: _______________________________________________________________________________.
Nisei:________________________________________________________________________________,
mostly children and young adults at the outbreak of hostilities.
Kibe: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________
who were sent back to Japan for their education, the returned to the USA.
Waves of Repression after December 7, 1941:
First, small numbers of Japanese _______________________were arrested right after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor.
Second, every _________________________________________________________ received a number.
Third, every family in an area was ordered to an __________________________________. (Families
from Kent likely reported to the Puyallup Fairgrounds)
Forth, the people were moved to more permanent ___________________________________________.
_______________concentration camps, most internees from Western Washington State were sent to
Minidoka, Idaho.
_______________Assembly Areas.
Approximately _________________________ people of Japanese ancestry were interned.
Approximately _____________________ of those interned held American Citizenship.
Reasons for Concentration Camp
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1943 Questionnaire27. Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty, whenever
ordered? Yes/No
28. Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the
United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance
or obedience to the Japanese emperor, or any other foreign government, power, or organization?
Yes/No
Many internees found these two questions very difficult to answer. Can you think of some reasons why
the internees may have struggled to answer these two questions?
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Outcomes of the Questionnaire:
No-No Boys- Tule Lake Segregation Camp: __________________________________________________
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The 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Combat unit: _______________________________________
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