Question

Which event made Americans mistreat japanese Americans? In ww2

Answer 1

Answer: Attack on Pearl Harbor

so after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941, the U.S. War Department suspected that Japanese Americans might act as saboteurs or espionage agents, despite a lack of hard evidence to support that view. Some political leaders recommended rounding up Japanese Americans, particularly those living along the West Coast, and placing them in detention centres inland.

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