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What areas did the Japanese-American people feel safe in?
japantown/J-town
What are some of the items the women destroy and hide?
Photographs, letters, belongings
Who was allowed to stay behind to oversee the family businesses & farms?
The adult children
What kind of rumors spread about the Japanese after the attack?
That they’re signaling enemy ships or hiding weapons. Working for the enemy
in the very beginning, what does "the list" refer to?
everyone who had been gone missing or been taken away
When does the chapter Traitors take place?
Right after the Pearl Harbor bombing
How did families live knowing they could be taken at any moment?
Scared, paranoid, nervous.
What became common practice to prepare for leaving their towns?
Buying sleeping bags, suitcases, packing suitcases with essentials.
What kind of people were being taken?
Men, first-generation, anbd high-profile individuals.
What were two of the three categories that you could be placed in on the list
Known dangerous (Category A), Potentially dangerous (Category B), and Proaxis inclinations (Category C)
What do the husbands remind their wives to carry whenever they leave the house?
alien identification card
Why were Japanese women afraid that there was something they had left out/forgotten?
It would be something that could prove her husband was innocent.
Why were Japanese people starting to feel scared of other Japanese people?
Informants
What theme/issue does the chapter highlight through the fear and suspicion directed at Japanese Americans based solely on their race?
up to discussion (ex. racism racial profiling)
How did people’s attitudes toward Japanese Americans change after they were seen as threats?
they were met with silence, suspicion, and distance. the neighbors avoided them, coworkers stopped talking, and former friends turned away
What was put into place as a part of Executive Order 9066 which kept people from "visiting each other after dark"?
Curfews
what is the name of the woman who always likes to be prepared and keeps a small suitcase packed for her husband?
Chizuko
What U.S. military order caused the forced removal of Japanese Americans from their homes during World War II?
Executive Order 9066
name at least 3 things the japanese women got rid of to show that they cut ties
old bank statements, diaries, buddhist family altars, wooden chopsticks, paper lanterns, old photos, wedding kimonos, ceremonial dolls, letters from family
Where were Japanese Americans being sent after the President's order?
The mountains or the desert