Executive Order 9066 The Japanese believed that coming to America would be good for them, noting that “federal legislation that excluded further Chinese immigration created demand for new immigrant labor” Laurie Mercier (n/d). Coming to America for jobs that offer low wages; for example, one job that was popular for them to work on being railroads. They have helped build Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Oregon Short Line and some other railroads in the Columbia River Basin. The Japanese started bringing in their culture to the United States by building their own restaurants, shops and much more which helped new immigrants. On December 7th there was an attack from Japanese which leaded to the start of the executive order and world war two. Executive order 9066 made 120,000 Japanese moves to concentration camps, where they must have been scared. There…show more content… In some situations people were separated from their families, one person going to one camp and one to the other. There were about 10 internment camps across the country, some of these internment camps were actually where they had recently kept livestock. So, when the Japanese arrived they could smell the stench from the animals. There was also, no privacy in these camps; for example, when you had to use the bathroom there was no partitions and showers were done in public areas, which were for many people to take at once. With a lot of sharing happening in these camps many people got sick. Medicine was very rare in camps which caused many people die. The government wanted these camps to support themselves but it was hard to farm because the camps were on barren lands. If anyone had tried to escape, not following orders or treason they would be punished by them getting killed. The first camp was opened in 1942 and the last Japanese camp was closed in October 15 1946 which made it at least 4 years in the Internment
