Explain three facts concerning the U.S. government’s treatment of Japanese Americans following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. please
1. Executive Order 9066: Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which authorized the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. This order resulted in the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens.
2. Internment Camps: Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in internment camps located in remote areas across the country. These camps were surrounded by barbed wire fencing and guarded by armed soldiers. Families were forced to live in cramped and overcrowded barracks, often lacking basic amenities and privacy.
3. Reparations and Apology: In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, which formally apologized for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and provided reparations to survivors. Each surviving internee was awarded a formal apology from the U.S. government and a monetary compensation of $20,000. Additionally, the U.S. government acknowledged that the internment was based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership."