The United States got involved in WWII after Pearl Harbor got attacked by Japan. The U.S. sent out all their soldiers and any eligible 18+ male to fight in the war. Meanwhile all the Japanese/Americans were put in isolated camps here in the United States because they were considered a "threat" to our country. The Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.
It was a step towards racial equality and a major point in the Civil Rights Movement. Although it took the Voting Rights Act to finally enforce it, African Americans were supposed to be citizens with the right to vote since the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
