Question

2. Describe the camp experience for Washington evacuees at Camps Manzanar, Harmony, and Minidoka. What were the conditions like? What type of communities did they build within the camps?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl harbour in 1941, there was widespread suspicion of the Japanese Americans as espionage agents. In 1942, president Roosevelt gave the military the authority to take Japanese people into their custody. The Japanese people were forcefully moved from their homes to internment camps in Manzanar, at first. Between 1942 and 1945, a total of ten camps including camps Harmony and Minidoka, were opened.

Conditions in the camps were less comfortable. Residents used common laundry and bathrooms. The camps were fenced round and guarded by heavily armed security men.

People in the camps established some sense of community. Schools, farms, churches and playgrounds were set up.