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During World War II the United States government set up hundreds of intermittent camps to house

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Japanese Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most of these camps were located close to the Pacific, as most of the Japanese descendants lived in that area.

It is interesting that around 120 000 Japanese Americans were relocated there.

It was done after Pearl Harbor, as the fear existed that they could support American cause in the war.

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