THE EFFECTS OF WWII
ON THE HOME FRONT
A 5th Grade Social Studies, Language Arts, and DBQ WebQuest 

Effects of WWII on Civil Liberties: 
Japanese Internment  

ANSWER SHEET

     1.  Why did the government place only the Japanese-Americans living along the west coast in internment camps?

     2.  What kind of farms did the Japanese own in California?

     3. What happened to these farms when the Japanese-Americans were relocated to camps?

4. What civil liberties or individual freedoms did the Japanese-Americans lose when they were relocated into the prison camps?

5. How would you describe the living conditions at the internment camps?

6. Why did the US government feel they had to intern the Japanese-Americans?

7. Why didn't the US government intern Germans and Italians living in America?

8.  How did the Japanese-Americans feel about being imprisoned in the Internment camps?

9.  What phrases in the poem let you know how they felt about being at the camps?  

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

World War II changed the lives of everyone living in the United States. Write an essay explaining what happened to American-Japanese citizens in the USA during WWII?

Explain why you agree or disagree with what the US government did to the Japanese.  

The US is waging war on terrorism. Do you think they should intern all the Arab-Americans like they did the Japanese-Americans during WWII?