Japanese American internment

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World War II home front event civil liberties violation forced relocation mass incarceration

Japanese American internment was the World War II–era forced relocation and incarceration of around 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the United States, driven by wartime hysteria and racism and later widely condemned as a grave civil liberties violation.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese American internment in the United States	1
World War II Japanese American incarceration	1
World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II home front event ⓘ civil liberties violation ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ
affectedPeople	Japanese resident aliens ⓘ U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese American incarceration ⓘ Japanese American relocation ⓘ
appliesToDemographicGroup	Japanese Americans ⓘ Japanese immigrants in the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Western Defense Command exclusion zones ⓘ
authorizedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	grave injustice ⓘ violation of constitutional rights ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Day of Remembrance (Japanese American internment) ⓘ
compensationAmountPerSurvivor	20000 US dollars ⓘ
compensationGrantedBy	Civil Liberties Act of 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedBy	Japanese American community leaders ⓘ civil liberties organizations ⓘ
describedBy	Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
followedBy	Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ⓘ Japanese American redress movement ⓘ
hasCause	Executive Order 9066 ⓘ anti-Japanese racism ⓘ attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ military security concerns claimed by U.S. government ⓘ wartime hysteria ⓘ
hasEffect	disruption of Japanese American communities ⓘ legal precedents on wartime powers ⓘ long-term psychological trauma ⓘ loss of property for Japanese Americans ⓘ
hasTheme	constitutional rights during emergencies ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ wartime civil liberties ⓘ
includes	Department of Justice internment camps ⓘ Gila River War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Granada War Relocation Center (Amache) NERFINISHED ⓘ Heart Mountain Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Manzanar War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Minidoka War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Poston War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Rohwer War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Topaz War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Tule Lake Segregation Center ⓘ War Relocation Authority camps NERFINISHED ⓘ assembly centers ⓘ relocation centers ⓘ
influenced	Civil Liberties Act of 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ later debates on national security and civil liberties ⓘ
legalBasis	Executive Order 9066 NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Law 503 ⓘ
location	Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Colorado ⓘ Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Idaho ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state) West Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
numberOfCamps	10 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleDetained	approximately 120000 ⓘ
participant	U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Justice War Relocation Authority ⓘ
percentageOfCitizensAmongDetainees	about two-thirds ⓘ
pointInTime	World War II ⓘ
relatedCourtCase	Ex parte Endo ⓘ Hirabayashi v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Korematsu v. United States ⓘ Yasui v. United States ⓘ
startTime	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Americans → historicalEvent → Japanese American internment ⓘ

Millard County, Utah → historicallyAssociatedWith → Japanese American internment ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Japanese American incarceration

World War II forced migrations → includesEvent → Japanese American internment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese American internment in the United States

Asian American literature → influencedBy → Japanese American internment ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans