Japanese Internment prepares your child for success!
 | Thesis Statement. President Roosevelt went against the 14th amendment when he locked the Japanese Americans in Internment Camps, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and he was wrong to lock them up because of what the Americans had assumptions of. |
Backround Knowledge.
What Is The Issue?
The issue is that the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor. The Americans had all been scared that any person in the United States that was Japanese American was working as a spy for the Japanese.
Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese were asked to make a plan for war. When they finally came up with a plan, they expected the United States to declare war, but not long enough or hard enough to win. The Japanese had one main concern, which was that the United States Pacific Fleet, in Pearl Harbor, could foil their plans. So the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor.
If any tourists were traveling from Japan to the United States, were they put in the Internment Camps, also?
Most likely they weren't. It said that all the Japanese American citizens were put into the Internment Camps. So it is unlikely that tourists were forced into the camps.
Why would the Americans lock up the Japanese Americans ? Couldn't they of had found a different way to see if any of them were actual spies?
There wasn't really a way to figure out if the Japanese Americans were spies. But since the fact that the Americans were in such fear, that President Roosevelt went against the 14th Amendment and took the Japanese Americans out of their homes.
Congress repayed the Japanese Americans and tried their best to give them a new start to a new beginning.
Who Was Involved?
All American citizens that had Japanese Ancestry.
How are they involved?
They are involved because after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Americans had suspicions that the Japanese Americans were acting as spies to help the Japanese attack the United States.
Are they willing participants? Did they have a choice?
They weren't willing. The government told the Japanese Americans that they had 48 hours to move out of their homes. They also said they could only bring what they could carry. They also didn't have a choice. Congress forced them.
Why and what is important about them?
The Japanese American’s were very important at this time because all of the internment camps were made up of Japanese Americans. They were the reason that the American’s felt unsafe after the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
Are They Willing Participants? Did They Have A Choice?
No, the Japanese American’s were not willing participants. They also did not have a choice. The Japanese American’s had gotten a message claiming that they had 48 hours to move out of their home and they could only pack a the things that they could carry. They had to go because they had Japanese ancestry. They were forced into the internment camps.
Why And What Is Important To Know About Them?
Something important to know about the Japanese American citizens is that they weren’t spies for the Japanese. Many of the families had been in the United States far more than they have been in Japan. Few possibly had never been to Japan. Meaning that it was their parents, or grandparents, that were of Japanese ancestry.
Individual Rights? What Are They?
The Japanese individual rights were the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They weren’t happy in the internment camps and so that interfered with one another.
Common Good? What Is It?
The common good was that the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor and that had scared the Americans. So congress put Japanese Americans into internment camps so that the Americans fear would be over.
Why Is It Important?
What Are Some Specific Individual Rights Involved?
Some specific individual rights that were involved are that the Japanese Americans had the right to happiness and equality. It’s not very equal if the Japanese Americans are locked up in internment camps just because of the Americans fears. It also made the Japanese Americans very unhappy that they were forced out of their homes into these camps without having any say in what was going on.
Where Are They Found in the Constitution?
They are found in the found on the first Amendment in the Constitution.
What is the Common Good?
The common good is that the Japanese had just bombed the US and it frightening the Americans that some Japanese Americans were acting as spies for the Japanese.
Where is That Found in the Constitution?
It also, is found in the first Amendment in the Constitution.
Why is This Issue Important for us to Know?
This issue is important for us to know because it shows where the common good and individual rights get in the way of one another.
Relation to Key Ideals or Principles.
What Are Two Ideals Your Topic Relates to?
Two ideals my topic relates to are equality and pursuit of happiness.
How Do They Relate?
They relate because the Japanese weren’t treated equally when they were put into the internment camps. Also, they relate, because they weren’t happy in the camps. They weren’t happy being forced out of their homes.
What Are Two Principles Your Topic Relates to?
Two principles my topic relates to are limited government and popular sovereignty.
How Do They Relate?
They relate because with limited government it means that the government can’t have too much power, and when congress had locked up the Japanese Americans, they had too much power in their hands. Also, they relate, because the Japanese Americans had given the congress the power they wanted, and then congress turned around and locked them into internment camps. They abused their power.
Why Is The Relationship Important?
The relationship is important because it shows what congress had done and how it was wrong. It also shows how what they did interfere with the Japanese Americans daily life and their individual rights.
Reasons For Your Position.
What Is The Conflict In Your Topic?
The conflict is that the Americans are afraid that all Japanese Americans are acting as spies for the Japanese after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
What Do You Believe Is Right Or Just In Your Topic? At Least Three Beliefs.
What I think is right is to not lock up the Japanese Americans in internment camps. I think that because they were very unhappy in the camps and that gets in the way of their right of the pursuit of happiness I also think that it was wrong to give the Japanese Americans such short notice of when they were being forced into the camps. I think this because they were told that they had 48 hours to pack what they needed and they could only pack the things that they could carry. Lastly, I think that it was against the Constitution to lock the Japanese Americans in camps. I think this because in the Bill of Rights, in the first Amendment it says that they have the right to be happy. While in the camps the Japanese Americans were not happy.
Give At Least Three Facts Or Reasons That Support Your Position Or Belief.
Congress didn’t have the right to lock the Japanese Americans up because they have the right to life and the pursuit of happiness. It was wrong to give the Japanese Americans a short notice when they were forced into the internment camps because it was devastating to know you would only be in your home for a few more days and to know that you could only take a very few things with them. Also, it was wrong because in the Constitution they have their individual rights and Congress took that away when they locked Japanese Americans in camps.
What Does The Constitution Say About Your Topic?
The Constitution says that it’s wrong. In the first Amendment, it says that the Japanese Americans have the right to a life. Being locked up in a camp is not a very well desirable life. Also, it says
Where (Specifically) In The Founding Documents Will We Find It?
Under the Bill of Rights, the very first Amendment. Also, in the Declaration of Independence, in the second paragraph, the very first sentence.
Give At Least Three Specific Examples Of How It Supports your Position?
One example is that on the first Amendment it says that people have the freedom of religion, press, and expression. Which means that the Japanese Americans have the right to have a Japanese religion and not be locked up because of it. Another example is that in the Declaration of Independence, it says “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Which means that the Japanese weren’t treated equal like they were supposed to be. Also, by taking away their life from them, not literally of course, and by putting them in the camps that made them unhappy.
Call To Action.
A repeat in history is something we don't want, so if the Americans learn to trust others and not judge them because of their ancestry, then a we will never make a mistake like the Japanese Internment Camps ever again.
