How would you feel as a child having to be taken to an internment camp? The bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 was devastating. It brought grief to friends and families who lost loved ones. Not just them, but also the Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps. They were considered “unfit” and dangerous to live in American communities. Due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 sent over 120,000 Japanese Americans to relocation centers, forcing them to face devastating suffering solely because of their Japanese ancestry. has driven the two nations apart." Interested in China's economy and politics, the United States sent support to China during its constant war with Japan. Japan was interested in Chinese territory more than in economics or politics. The Japanese government was further outraged when the United States stopped all trade with Japan. Japan was naturally short of necessary resources such as oil and coal, and they saw that move as a threat to the nation's survival. Japan sought revenge on the United States and with great precision and care created a plan. General Yamamoto sent a surprise bombing raid on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 at 8:00 am. This bombardment caused nearly 23 ships to be damaged or sunk. As the news spread, hatred and assumptions against Japanese culture grew. Citizens of the West Coast soon began to fear that their homes, farms, and businesses would soon be bombed as well. Under pressure, President Roosevelt signed the executive order that forced over 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment. “…A hundred other men had been arrested because they were leaders who... middle of paper......are still hated, but slowly accepted. Farmers found that Japanese Americans were better at farming and allowed them to work on farms. These farms offered Japanese Americans high pay for working wonderfully with the crops. The Japanese internment was an event to learn from and remember. On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers were brutally destroyed by a Muslim group. Only two planes hit and the third was stopped. After 9/11, Muslims and Eastern immigrants living in the United States were not interned. Perhaps the Japanese internment was an event for the United States to learn from. When you are going through security at an airport, often Muslims, oriental looking or someone with a suspicious sounding last name will be taken aside and checked. If someone is too suspicious, they will often be rejected and not allowed to fly on the plane.