In history, the United States remained on the Aliied Powers side during World War II. They did not have any intention in getting involved in European Affairs, but the actions of other countries have led to their involvement in it. On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor. It was and to this day a memorable day in history; but this day is a negative day. On this day, Japanese war planes attacked the U.S. Navy Base stationed in Hawaii. Thousands of Americans were killed and wounded. After this, the United States was left in a fragile state; they had issues having trust in neighboring nations. And because of this attack, many were skeptical about leaving Japanese citizens free in America. These people were true American citizens but they were not viewed this way. They were all viewed as a whole; they were viewed as the attackers of a nation; the American nation. These people were viewed differently by all, no matter their social strength. Although most of these people had nothing to do with the attack, and some even didn’t agree with the Japanese, these Japanese citizens were viewed as the enemy. America could not stand another attack from Japan or its members.
On February 19th, 1942 President Roosevelt signed executive order 9006. Under this order, some 120,000 people of Japanese descent living in the US were removed from their homes and placed in internment camps. The US justified their action by claiming that there was a danger of those of Japanese descent spying for the Japanese. However, most of these people had no possible harm; over two-thirds of them were children. Families were separated just because of their descent and race; and many were put into different camps. Although this may not be correct to society today, I do agree with the United States’ decision to put these people into camps. America could not trust anyone; they were put in a tough position and needed to make a choice. Many of these Japanese were harmless,...