Both World War I and World War II impacted America greatly but for a variety of different reasons. World War I was a short war for the U.S. American’s didn’t enter the war until April of 1917 and it ended shortly after 1918. Majority of World War I was fought in the trenches and it was known for barely moving inches. World War II was fought using much more machinery that could cause mass destruction at a much greater scale. In document 8, John Hallock talks about his experiences in Germany during the second conflict. He commented on a situation he witnessed when 3 B-17s blew up and fell from the sky right in front of him. He said “Nowadays, if you come across something awful happening, you always think, “my God, it’s just like a movie,” The mass destruction the soldiers witnessed or administered themselves was drastically different from the poisonous gas and machine guns used in World War II. The war crimes carried out in the second conflict were so brutal and vulgar that they could be considered “taboo”. American missionaries spoke of the brutal rapes they witnessed in Nanking. While in China, the Japanese army had undertaken the area and started terrorizing the area. They “raped several women” and “beat unarmed men.” These missionaries compared it to “hunting rabbits in the streets.” This was a horrifying massacre that was unlike anything Americans had ever seen. The Bombing at Pearl Harbor was the first time that America had been attacked on its own soil since the early 1800s. The destitution that the bombing left created a fear and a hatred for Japanese people. Internment camps were created to monitor Japanese Americans at all times. They were forced to live in horrible conditions and stripped of their constitutional rights. Prior to the bombing, there had been many laws discriminating against immigrants but there had never been an area to contain and torture American’s based on their heritage. Like the U.S., Canada was also imprisoning their Japanese...