Honoring History
4 different examples of states where internment camps were located.
Miscellaneous
The 2 camps Uchida and family were forced to.
Tanforan and Topaz
This person is shot dead at Topaz.
Mr. Kurihara
"Can't we leave too? Do we have to stay here till the war ends?"
Yuki
Yuki's dog's name.
Pepper
The year Executive Order 9066 was enacted.
1942
Uchida had this many siblings.
1
Emi, during life at Topaz, comes down with this condition.
Tuberculosis
"There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted for what you believe in, and I've got to go."
Ken
After being released from internment camps, this was the only gift the Japanese-Americans received.
One-way ticket to somewhere in the U.S.
This is the approximate number of Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps.
120,000
Like the Sakane family in the novel, Yoshiko Uchida and family attended church in this Bay Area city.
Oakland
The novel Journey to Topaz is set during World War II, and begins during this month AND year.
December 1941
"Well, here we are, having tea together just as we used to at home."
Mother
Yoshiko Uchida's father was connected to a Japanese businessman in this U.S. city.
Seattle
The most suspicious Japanese-Americans were sent to a camp in this state.
Montana
The Japanese under this generational identifier were ineligible to be U.S. citizens.
Issei
The total number of FBI men who initially showed up at the Sakane front door.
"This is the one for Emi. This will make her strong and well."
Mrs. Kurihara
The name of the game Mr. Toda often played at the Bachelor's Quarters.
Go
Most of those interned at the camps were members of this Japanese generational identifier.
Nisei
Later in the war, Yoshiko Uchida was able to attend college on the East Coast in Massachusetts. She then took a teaching job in this Pennsylvania city.
Philadelphia
Yuki's father, although released from the camp in Montana and able to rejoin his family in Topaz, was released under this condition.
Parole/Need a Sponsor
Mr. Toda
In 1976, this U.S. president eventually apologized to those affected by the Japanese internment camps.
Gerald Ford