Today, we will be talking abou scapegoats, and our topic is The Japanese

and Internment Camps.

who was it- japanese. Citizen of the U.S. or not, children, infants, and
young adults not yet of voting age were taken into internment camps.
What happened- U.S. citizen and legal permanent resident alien Japanese
were taken to internment camps surrounded with barbed wire and armed
guards. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,
1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues executive order 9066. This
permitted the military to circumvent the constitutional safeguards of
American citizens in the name if national defense.
c-Where did it happen- The west coast
jWhen did it happen- shortly after Pearl Harbor which was on December 7,
1944
jWhy did it happen- At the time, Executive order 9066 was justifies as a
military necessity to protect against domestic espionage and sabotage.
c-Later on, the United States had proof that it had in its possession that not
one Japanese American Citizen or not, had engaged in espionage. Nor one
person had committed any act of sabotage

c-Rather the cases for this unprecedented action in American history,
according to the commission of wartime Relocation and Internment of
civilians , j- were motivated largely by racial prejudice wartime hysteria,
and a failure of political leadership

Franklin D. Roosevelt, thinking that we should be more careful after Pearl
Harbor, issues executive order 9066.

Intro- ( hold pen and paper close to the mic, or the ipad)- then create the
imagery of someone writing something.
( knock on the table to create the sense as if someone is knocking on a
door)
j ( one of us says hello sir, were from the U.S. army, you're going to have
to pack your belongings, and come with us in the next 30-45 minutes.)
c ( what do you mean, what is this?)
j ( President Franklin D. Roosevelt has issued executive order 9066)
c ( what is that?)
j ( well tell you later, now hurry up sir)
c ( i packed my things (and they were back in about 35 minutes)
c ( where are you taking me?)
j ( Youll see when you get there)
c ( I saw that i wasn't the only one coming with them. In the truck, more
Japanese people, mostly families were sitting down, luggage next to them)
c ( Worried faces around me, most because we don't know where we're
going)

c -What do you guys think were they went?
j -If your think, a pineapple under the sea, well, youre wrong.
c -Those Japanese, were taken to Internment camps.
j -They didn't care if you were a citizen or not, if you were of Japanese
descent, they took you to the camps.
c - They didnt kill you or torture you, they just kept you there
j - But it wasn't like the camps were 5 star hotels.
c - No no- they had guards with big guns, ready to shoot you if you tried to
do something wrong.
j - They had big guard dogs, barking at you
c - They had fences with barbed wire.