Japanese Internment in WW II in the United States

Causes: Pearl Harbor and the fear of spies

Effects: only 10 convictions of spying, poor living conditions, segregation centers, and  migration back to Japan after the war

Millions of innocent Japanese citizens were forced to endure terrible living conditions in segregation centers even though only 10 of those who were imprisoned were convicted of coalition with Japan.  All of these horrible things were forced upon innocent people out of fear of Japanese spies as a result of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Cite: http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/japan_internment_camps.htm

Japanese internment in World War II

Causes: racism, fear, and government involvement.

Effects: fear, forced military enrollment, family separation (in Canada), loss of american japanese citizens, and government paid reparations.

The things that happened to Japanese or foreign people during World War II were terrible.  Some of the causes of those terrible things were caused by fear and government involvement such as the president signing orders and agreeing to these abominations.  If other people had spoken up and had not been in such debilitating terror.  In Canada families were separated and sent to different places, men to work on rail lines and women and children to live in British Columbian towns.  

Cite: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html