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Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. Fear — not evidence — drove the U.S. to place over 127,000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps for the duration of WWII. Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.
The first rocket in space was a turning point in history because it inspired the space race, made the United States aware of the possibility of Russia creating rockets to deliver nuclear weapons, and created a reform in education.