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US History: US/Japanese Opinion

Complete 1 of the 2 assignments below.

Imagine you’re a member of the Jackson family, which is described below. Write a letter to another member of your family about the beginning of World War II, your opinion of the US, and your opinion of Japan. Include 2 facts you learned from class today.

|Mr. Jackson: 52 |Mrs. Jackson: 48 |

|Children: |

|Robert: 21 |William: 19 (deceased) |

|Jennifer: 8 |Charles: 8 |

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|Occupation: |Farmers |

|Location: |just outside of |

| |Tuskegee, AL |

The Jackson family originally had two parents, two older sons, and two younger children. Then William joined the US Navy in 1937 and was stationed at Pearl Harbor, USA. He is now dead, which gives the other brother a reason to hate the Japanese. Robert then joined the US Air Force to take revenge for his brother.

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Imagine you’re a member of the Ogawa family, which is described below. Write a letter to another member of your family about the beginning of World War II, your opinion of the US, and your opinion of Japan. Include 2 facts you learned from class today.

|Mrs. Ogawa: 61 | |

|Mr. Ogawa: 34 |Mrs. Ogawa: 34 |

|Children: |

|Suzuki: 14 |Hideki: 9 |

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|Occupation: |grocery store owners |

|Location: |Manzanar, California |

The Ogawa family, consisting of three generations (grandparent, parents, children), emigrated to the United States from Japan in 1929. They began a grocery store in downtown San Francisco and were prospering until Dec. 6, 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and forced the US. into war with that nation. Due to the extreme prejudice of white Americans, this naturalized American family, along with others like them, was forced from their home and store to a compound called a relocation camp for Japanese Americans during the war.

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