Title: Internment of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
Headings: Internment of Japanese Americans
Internment of Japanese Americans
Internment of Japanese Americans
Contents
Background
Further information: History of Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans before World War II
Further information: Japanese-American life before World War II
After Pearl Harbor
Development
Executive Order 9066 and related actions
Advocates and opponents of U.S. concentration camps
Non-military advocates for exclusion, removal, and detention
Non-military advocates against exclusion, removal, and detention
Statement of military necessity as justification for internment
Niihau Incident
Cryptography
United States District Court opinions
The Ringle Report
Newspaper editorials
Facilities
DOJ and Army internment camps
WCCA Civilian Assembly Centers
WRA Relocation Centers
List of camps
Civilian Assembly Centers
Relocation Centers
Justice Department detention camps
Citizen Isolation Centers
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Detainees convicted of crimes, usually draft resistance, were sent to these sites, mostly federal prisons:
U.S. Army facilities
Immigration and Naturalization Service facilities
Exclusion, removal, and detention
Conditions in the camps
Medical care
Education
Sports
Student leave to attend Eastern colleges
Loyalty questions and segregation
Proving commitment to the United States
Other concentration camps
Hawaii
Japanese Latin Americans
Internment ends
Aftermath
Hardship and material loss
Reparations and redress
Terminology debate
The misuse of the term "internment"
Which term to use
Towards a consensus
On the rejection of euphemisms
Comparisons
Notable individuals who were interned
Legacy
Cultural legacy
Exhibitions and collections
Films
Literature
Music
Spoken word
Television
Theater
Legal legacy
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Archival sources of documents, photos, and other materials
Other sources

Content: History of Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans before World War II
Further information: Japanese-American life before World War II
Due in large part to socio-political changes stemming from the Meiji Restoration —and a recession which was caused by the abrupt opening of Japan 's economy to the world economy —people began emigrating from the Empire of Japan in 1868 in order to find work which would enable them to survive. From 1869 to 1924 approximately 200,000 immigrated to the islands of Hawaii, mostly laborers expecting to work on the islands' sugar plantations. Some 180,000 went to the U.S. mainland, with the majority settling on the West Coast and establishing farms or small businesses. Most arrived before 1908, when the Gentlemen's Agreement between Japan and the United States banned the immigration of unskilled laborers. A loophole allowed the wives of men who were already living in the US to join their husbands. The practice of women marrying by proxy and immigrating to the U.S. resulted in a large increase in the number of " picture brides ." As the Japanese-American population continued to grow, European Americans who lived on the West Coast resisted the arrival of this new ethnic group, fearing competition and making the exaggerated claim that hordes of Asians were keen to take over white-owned farmland and businesses. Groups such as the Asiatic Exclusion League, the California Joint Immigration Committee, and the Native Sons of the Golden West organized in response to the rise of this " Yellow Peril ." They successfully lobbied to restrict the property and citizenship rights of Japanese immigrants, just as similar groups had previously organized against Chinese immigrants.