ASAM 20
One of the original arguments for adding a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution was that it was needed to protect individuals and minority groups from a potential tyranny of the majority. Whether it was the European Americans, African-Americans, Native Americans, or the Japanese Americans the Bill of Rights was established to benefit all Americans, and only Americans. It dealt with individual liberties, as well as the boundaries between federal and state authority. Hoping to build a strong bond between Americans, the Bill of Rights failed. Article Fifteen states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. For an American, there should be no problem. However, this was not always the case. For a time African Americans were unable to vote, and Slavery was well over; however they were still unable to vote. There are many examples of minority injustice in the unites States, but perhaps that strongest example was when the Japanese Americans were forced into internment Camps. Japan's surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor in 1941 caused the United States to enter World War I. It also stirred hostility against Japanese people in the United States. Many Americans associated Japanese Americans with the Japanese pilots who destroyed U.S. Navy ships. The Executive Order 9066, signed by FDR in 1942, was designed to designate military areasfrom which any or all persons may be excluded. Curfews were established for the Japanese Americans, and they were confined to detention camps until their loyalty could be determined. More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were confined in ten detention camps scattered over seven states including:Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. As a result, the lives of Japanese Americans were completely turned upside down. They Lived in cramped, smellystalls without food and water for long periods of time. Many were confused and disturbed as to what was happening. And often wondered how could the U.S government do this to their fellow Americans? The people sent to these internment camps were Japanese "Americans", this meant that they were born in the United States. However Art Shibayama stated in a teleconference, that even if you were 1/6
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Approximate Word count = 797
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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