Instructions:

Answer the questions below, using information on the web sites provided and the notes we have taken in class.

1. Website How many Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II?
2. Website Why were Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps?
3. Website How might the movie Little Tokyo, U.S.A., (which was released in June, 1942) affect other Americans’ attitudes toward Japanese-Americans?
4. Website Read four scrapbook entries written by Japanese-American students in Ella Evanson’s class. How would you describe the attitudes of Japanese-American students who were getting ready to go to an internment camp?
5. Website Read three letters written by Ella Evanson’s former students. How would you describe life for these Japanese-American students in a concentration camp?
6. Website How long did it take to move people of Japanese ancestry to the permanent relocation centers?
7. Website What components made up a typical relocation center? Why do you think the centers were designed to be self-contained and self-sufficient?
8. Website Why was it important for evacuees to make changes in their environment?
9. Website How did some members of the community show their anger at the way the government had treated them?
10. Website How did other members demonstrate their loyalty to the United States?
11. If you were a relocated Japanese-American, how do you think you would have reacted?

Manzanar Website from National Park Service

Camp Harmony Online Exhibit from Washington University