Episode 297 Executive Order 9066 - Creating American Internment Camps
About this episode
This episode discusses the historical context and implications of Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Here we go! Another little bit of history that really matters. In 1942, following Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 which allowed the military designated Military zones and control who lived in them in the United States. The order did not mention Japanese American citizens or concentration camps by name, but effectively that'w who was targeted and what was created in this executive order. Japanese Citizens were rounded up, sent to camps and forced to live in old horse stalls or worse before being transferred to some of the worst hellholes in the country. This is after many were blocked from citizenship or owning land. We go into the why's and howfores in this special Abolish ICE we've seen this crap before episode of the Family Plot Podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support .
Topics covered
- American Internment Camps
- Executive Order 9066
- Japanese American history
Keywords
- internment
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Pearl Harbor
- Japanese Americans
Mentioned in this episode
Places: the United States
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