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Works Cited Primary Sources Dewitt, John. The War Relocation Camps of World War II--Document 1Transcript.

National Park Services. September 28, 2013. <http://www.cr.nps.gov >. This document ordered all those of Japanese Ancestry to pack up their belongings and be ready for departure at one of the listed dates. They were told what objects they could and could not bring. Japanese Relocation- U.S. Govt Explanation 1942 (Japanese Internment Camps). YouTube. YouTube, January 10, 2009. Web. November 22, 2013. We used this video on the background page. Komoto, Reiko. Japanese Internment Camps: A Personal Account. March, 1997. October 17, 2013 <www.uwec.edu >. This is a firsthand account of life in the internment camps by a former internee named Reiko Komoto. In the account, she discusses the hardships and inhumanity of the camps. Reagan Signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. YouTube. YouTube. August 16, 2008. Web. November 22, 2013. We used this video on the post war page. Report on Japanese American Internment Camps. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive. CBS, September 26th 1969. Web. November 22, 2013. This was a video describing conditions in camps. We used this video on the camps page. Roosevelt, Franklin. "Day of Infamy Speech" Presidential Address to Congress. United States Capitol, Washington D. C.. December 8, 1941. In this speech, President Roosevelt addresses Congress about Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. We used a section of this speech on our background page. Roosevelt, Franklin. Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation. The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. November 20, 2013. <http://historymatters.gmu.edu>. We

examined the Executive Order 9066 and used quotes from the document. We used these quotes in the law page of our website. We also read background information on the topic. Secondary Sources Alonso, Karen. Korematsu v. United States: Japanese-American Internment Camp. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers Inc., 1998. The Korematsu case is a very important part of U.S. history. The Korematsu case created bitterness and resentment in Japanese American communities. This case was about discrimination and racial prejudice. From this book, we found a quote from a former internee, which expressed her feelings on the inhumanity of the camps and deportation. We used this quote on the home page in the thesis section. Children of the Camps| Internment History-PBS. Children of the Camps. 1999. PBS. September 19, 2013 <www.pbs.org>. The Executive Order 9066 was the beginning to the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. They were sent to internment or concentration camps and their rights were violated. Innocent Japanese were incarcerated. Chronology of the Japanese American Internment. CLPEF network. September 18, 2013 <http://www.momomedia.com>. In this source we were given an overview of the time during the Japanese internment camps. We were told which documents gave power to different government officials and how the Japanese were held against their will in the camps. Gold, Susan. Supreme Court Milestones Korematsu v. United States: Japanese American Internment. Tarry Town, New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006. In this book we learned that racism was a major part of why Japanese were treated differently than other races. Although the government was suspicious of Germans and Italians, because they were Caucasian, the government thought they understood them better. From this book, we found a quote by Fred Korematsu on his feelings of the injustice of the camps. This quote was

used on the home page of our website. We also found another quote by General Earl Warren stating his support on interning those of Japanese ancestry. We used this quote on the background page of our website. Japanese American Incarceration Facts. 1998-2013. Japanese American National Museum. September 26, 2013 <www.janm.org>. In this source we learned about the different types of internment and relocation camps. We also learned about where the camps were located and how the internees were brought to those camps. Japanese Internment Camps. Think Quest International. October 18, 2013. <https://library.thinkquest.org>. In this source we learned about the hardships internees faced in the camps. The barracks were shabbily built and the medical care was so poor that people died in the camps. The camps finally closed in 1945. From this source, we also found a quote that was from a historical marker at the Manzanar Camp. We used it in the camps page of our website. "Japanese Internment During WWII." YouTube. YouTube, July 25, 2011. Web. January 6, 2013. We used this video on the Law page of our website to further explain the Executive Order No. 9066 in a visual manner. "Lessons Learned: Japanese-American Internment During WWII" YouTube. Council for Foreign Relations, February 21, 2012. Web. December 30, 2012. This video is narrated by James M. Lindsay, a member of the Council for Foreign Relations. In the video, Lindsay discusses how the Japanese had to pack up their belongings and move to "special" camps. We put this video on our home page. A More Perfect Union. Smithsonian. October 16, 2013 <http://amhistory.si.edu>. This source has information taken out of the exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum. It talks about how internees were treated in the camps and what their lives were like.

Qureshi, Bilal. From Wrong to Right: A U.S. Apology for Japanese Internment. Code Switch. August 9, 2013. NPR. October 16, 2013 <www.npr.org >. In this article, it discusses how Executive Order 9066 and other documents had a huge impact on peoples lives. These documents left many people scarred. From this webpage, we used a quote by former internee, John Tateishi. In this quote, he discusses the humiliation of coming out of the camps. We placed this quote in the post war page of our website. Relocation and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II. 2013. University of California. September 29, 2013 <www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu>. There was prejudice against Japanese Americans even long before World War II. There were many laws that took away the rights of Japanese Americans. Even though many Japanese were U.S. citizens and had been living here for many years, they were still interned. Those interned lost almost everything they had. Relocation of Japanese. The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. October 16, 2013 <http://www.sfmuseum.org>. In the camps, the work force was made up of mainly internees. The internees had little rights within the camps. They were given poor medical care and slightly below standard education. Sandler, Martin. Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc., 2013. This book gives an overview of life both in and out of the internment camps during WWII. It also describes the aftereffects of this event and how it has forever changed the course of U.S. history. From this book, we found a quote by former United States Attorney General, Janet Reno. In this quote, she expressed her feelings of the wrongness of the internment. We used the quote on the conclusion page of our website. From this book, we used another quote which we put on the home page. We used this quote to make an overall statement about the camps.

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