Date
Historiography
Events
Key terms
People
100
Pearl Harbour
Where did the Japanese attack the US to begin the war?
100
John Wright
Which historian wrote a book for the IB diploma?
100
Relocation Centers
What was the word the US government used to describe the Japanese internment camps?
100
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the president of the US at this time?
200
December 7th 1941
What date did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
200
“Some high-ranking officials’ opinions about the Japanese reflected the racism inherent in the policy” (referring to Executive Order 9066)
What did John Wright's say about the views of high ranking US officials on Japanese Americans?
200
It allowed the US government to relocate the Issei ( and Nisei
What was Executive Order 9066?
200
General De Witt
Who was the head of Western Defence Command?
300
Executive Order 9066
What was signed on February 19th 1942?
300
Filling The Gaps: Japanese Americans and World War II (1985)
What book did John Christgau write?
300
Purple Heart Battalions
What was the nickname for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?
300
Issei
What is the word for first generation Japanese?
300
Openly stated the Japanese race was an enemy race
What did General De Witt openly say about the Japanese?
400
1948
What year was the American Japanese Claims Act?
400
American Japanese Claims Act
What Act gave surviving Japanese internees $37 million?
500
442nd Regimental Combat Team
What was the name of the Japanese American regiment team that fought in WWII?
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