Question

The map below shows relocation centers in the United States during the 1940s:

Based on the map and your knowledge of history, which of the following conclusions can be drawn about this map?

Anti-Japanese sentiments among West Coast politicians and citizens were strong.

There was a large number of Japanese Americans living in the eastern United States.

Japanese Americans were not discriminated against in the Northwest of the United States.

Internment of Japanese Americans lasted for a brief time after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Answer 1

A: Anti Japanese sentiments among West Coast politicians were strong

Answer 2

The correct option is Anti-Japanese sentiments among West Coast politicians and citizens were strong

Concentration camps for Japanese in the United States accommodated some 120,000 people, mostly ethnic Japanese, more than half of whom were US and Japanese citizens from Latin America, mainly from Brazil and Peru, who were deported under pressure of the US government, in establishments designed for that purpose in the interior of the country, during 1942 and 1948.

The objective was to move them from their habitual residence, mostly on the west coast, to facilities built under extreme security measures. The fields were closed with barbed wire fences, guarded by armed guards, and located in places far from any population center. Attempts to leave the camp sometimes resulted in the dejection of the inmates.