HST 711 : HST711- Module 6 Reading (Japanese Internment).docx
Document Summary
Hst711 module #6 reading summary (japanese internment) Fear that japan would invade & take over (japanese cluster to pacific coast) America (275k) whereas canada (40k) but small percentage. America: asians = aliens; ineligible for citizenship. Canada: became naturalized canadian citizens but could not vote in bc: challenged by tomekichi homma, but did not win = further isolation. Similarly, us department of justice cleared nikkei from the west coast as well. Over 100,000 nikkei were moved from their homes into concentration camps. Hawaiian japanese = crucial to economy and military. Canada: bcsc (british columbia security commission: relocation: segregated. 12k women, children, elderly were placed in camps in valleys of bc (ghost towns) Able-bodied men were sent to various road work projects in bc or ontario: dispersion: tried to move them further east, the wages were sent to their families in bc as they were exploited for cheap labour. Continued more than 3. 5 years after the end of the war => 1949.
