Should Freedom Be Sacrificed in the Name of National Security?
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Supporting Question 1- What were the reasons for and against Japanese exclusion and internment?
Web Resources
Japanese-American Relocation article:
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation.
Lt. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, report on relocating Japanese Americans to Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942 (excerpt), June 5, 1943
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. Cartoon by Rodger, “All Packed Up and Ready to Go,” originally published in the San Francisco News, March 6, 1942.
Editorial, ““Their Best Way to Show Loyalty,” originally published in the San Francisco News, March 6, 1942.
Photo 2: Dorothea Lange, photograph, Soldier and Mother in Strawberry Field, 1942. Public domain. Reproduced from the National Archives
Print Resources
Walter Lippmann, article from his syndicated column Today and Tomorrow, “The Fifth Column on the Coast” (excerpts), New York Tribune, February 12, 1942
Additional Resources
“Overview,” Camp Harmony Exhibit, University Libraries of the University of Washington website
Jerry D. Morelock, “Japanese-American Internment During World War II,” December 7, 2010, Armchair General magazine website
“Summary of Communication—January 4, 1942,” in Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942, Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Office of the Commanding General, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 1943. The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco website
“Explorations: Japanese-American Internment,” Digital History website.
Supporting Question 2- How did internment disrupt Japanese Americans’ lives?
Web Resources
Photo I am an American Public domain. Reproduced from the Library of Congress
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
Ansel Adams's Photograhs of Japanese Americans Internment at Manzanar
Additional Resources
Roger Shimomura Interview, Densh? Digital Archives. (Note: The link will bring you to the main page of the archives where you may log in as a guest to access the many segments of the Shimomura interview.)
Supporting Question 3- How did the 1944 Korematsu case illustrate division in the United States over internment policy?
Web Resources
Korematsu v. United States (No. 22) From the Legal Information Institute Website
Argued: October 11, 12, 1944
Decided: December 18, 1944
Constitutional Convention, document describing the structure of the US government, United States Constitution (excerpts), 1787
Additional Resources
The complete syllabus for Korematsu v. United States is available at the Legal Information Institute, http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/323/214
“Korematsu v. United States,” Densho Encyclopedia website. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Korematsu_v._United_States/.
“Korematsu v. United States (1944),” PBS website. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/landmark_korematsu.html.
Supporting Question 4- What were arguments in favor of and against the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and reparations payments to Japanese Americans?
Additional Resources
“Debate on Japanese Reparations,” US House of Representatives, August 4, 1988, C-Span website.
“Civil Liberties Act of 1988,” Densho Encyclopedia.
“Civil Liberties Act of 1988,” Densho Encyclopedia.