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Why were japanese-americans placed in internment camps

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Answer: Americans feared that they were spies

Explanation: americans feared they were spies for the japaneese government

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Japanese Americans were sent to camps after japan bombed pearl harbor, this is why Americans focused attacks on the Japanese. Then the Japanese attack on the American west coast upon those Nisei residing in the US.

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