Joycelyn+L.


 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**

My general belief is that there are really two things that are responsible for causing the conflict, one being that since the japanese bombed pearl harbor and decided to just let that be, its really their fault. It also goes another way since most of them weren't involved in the bombing and were actual americans that wanted to live their life, so in a way it's the people in Washingtons fault for assuming the worst out of people that were harmless. Two being that past histories have a major effect on how they think of you so the japanese should've thought of how that would effect their people in an entire group. So in a way it's expected to have complications because we are human but what is really the cause for the Japanese internment is the way the japanese did some not so good things recently and how they didn't want to settle a situation a certain way.

**What is the relevant background information (i.e. who, what, when, where)?**

The Japanese Internment was long and it happened from about March 22 - June 5, 1942. The ones who were involved in it were the Washingtonians and the Japanese/Japanese Americans. The internment was thought of as good and bad, of course by different people. In a way the japanese that were sent to the internment camps were kind of happy because they had new opportunities and more good things happening. Not only that but a lot of things happened regarding economy as well. They suffered economic losses, personal humiliation, and in some cases death. This all happened just because of the relocation. This relocation was ordered by Franklin D. Roosevelt and the congress. It's really interesting because I think this relocation was mainly because of fear and discrimination. It's ridiculous to have japanese americans, who were mainly americans and only came from the japanese ancestry, sent to the internment camps because it's not their fault that they are japanese. The japanese-americans made the most out of where they lived and had some success, but that just made other people jealous causing another problem.

**What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**

The three factors that helped cause this conflict is history, economics, and politics. History mainly because the fact that the japanese had recently bombed pearl harbor and that by itself caused suspisions. Economics because there were many things happening and at the internment camps they had success with many things, its almost as if they created a new world. Politics because the whole reason for the internment camps is because of the government and president Roosevelt wanted to "protect" his country.

**Explain why one factor is more important than the others.**

The history factor is more important than all the others because the history is what mostly made the whole thing happen. The fact that the pearl harbor bombing caused

**How could the conflict have been avoided?**

The conflict could have been avoided in many ways and one of them being if the americans didn't overreact and make it such a big deal they could've avoided it. They could've just easily asked if they could talk with someone about the situation and what had happened instead of just assuming that every japanese, including japanese americans, were going to be involved in something else and would be harmful. So yes the conflict could have been avoided. If the conflict was avoided it's almost positive that something like the internment would happen. Either way the whole internment would occur just with a different name if not the same.


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