The main fear of the United States of America with Japanese residents on the west coast was that these individuals would turn against the US as the country was in a strong war against Japan and Axis forces. This suspicion led many Japanese to be placed in concentration camps. They feared spies and attacks by these individuals, many of them who had already left their country for decades.
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During World War II, Japanese Americans were held in relocation camps <u>because of the fear that they would give information to the Japanese or attack the U.S</u>.
Suspicious of anyone of Japanese heritage, the government restricted the civil liberties of Japanese Americans. In February, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed the Secretary of War to designate certain areas as military zones. FDR's executive order set the stage for the relocation of Japanese-ancestry persons to internment camps. By June of 1942, over 100,000 Japanese Americans were sent to such internment camps.
The 1956 flag was adopted in an era when the Georgia General Assembly "was entirely devoted to passing legislation that would preserve segregation and white supremacy"
