Days of infamy : how a century of bigotry led to Japanese American internment
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New York : Scholastic Focus, 2022.
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First edition
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xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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IL: MG+ - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 8
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Published
New York : Scholastic Focus, 2022.
Format
Book
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First edition
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
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"On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary of War to enforce a mass deportation of more than 100,000 Americans to what government officials themselves called "concentration camps." None of these citizens had been accused of a real crime. All of them were torn from their homes, jobs, schools, and communities, and deposited in tawdry, makeshift housing behind barbed wire, solely for the crime of being of Japanese descent. President Roosevelt declared this community "alien," -- whether they were citizens or not, native-born or not -- accusing them of being potential spies and saboteurs for Japan who deserved to have their Constitutional rights stripped away. In doing so, the president set in motion another date which would live in infamy, the day when the US joined the ranks of those Fascist nations that had forcibly deported innocents solely on the basis of the circumstance of their birth. In 1944 the US Supreme Court ruled, in Korematsu v. United States, that the forcible deportation and detention of Japanese Americans on the basis of race was a "military necessity." Today it is widely considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. But Korematsu was not an isolated event. In fact, the Court's racist ruling was the result of a deep-seated anti-Japanese, anti-Asian sentiment running all the way back to the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. Starting from this pivotal moment, Constitutional law scholar Lawrence Goldstone will take young readers through the key events of the 19th and 20th centuries leading up to the fundamental injustice of Japanese American internment. Tracing the history of Japanese immigration to America and the growing fear whites had of losing power, Goldstone will raise deeply resonant questions of what makes an American an American, and what it means for the Supreme Court to stand as the "people's" branch of government"--,Provided by publisher.
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Ages 12 and up,Scholastic Focus.
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Grades 10-12,Scholastic Focus.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Goldstone, L. (2022). Days of infamy: how a century of bigotry led to Japanese American internment (First edition). Scholastic Focus.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-. 2022. Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment. Scholastic Focus.

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Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-. Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment Scholastic Focus, 2022.

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Goldstone, Lawrence. Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment First edition, Scholastic Focus, 2022.

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