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What were the after effects of Pearl Harbor?
The attack on Pearl Harbor was on December 7th, 1941, as a quick overview, the Japanese attacked a U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. However, what happened after the attack?
Right after the attack, troops began to line up around all the islands of Hawaii because they thought that the Japanese planned on attacking the rest of Hawaii. "The Hawaiian Islands were essentially turned into one large military base. All Japanese owned businesses were shut down. Local police, FBI, and Army arrested many residents who were considered dangerous" (Website 1). After the dangerous were taken they were issued identification cards and these had to be carried at all times. Residents could also never carry anything over $200 at all times. People of Japanese decent were moved to one of ten detention centers across the United States, in the following states, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. "This affected approximately 120,000 Japanese, of which approximately 80,000 were U.S. citizens" (Website 1). Life in these detention centers was not the greatest, their was no plumbing or cooking centers, food was rationed out to the detainees. Eventually, the U.S. decided that they could let people out of the camps only if they would serve in the U.S. army, many weren't happy about this and only 1,200 enlisted to fight. In 1945, there was no longer any more internment camps.
After the attack, "Within a matter of hours of the attack, America is moving quickly to get on a war footing. American attitudes about the war change radically, [as do] American attitudes about the economy, about giving to the war. The war is not part of the culture; the war is the culture. Everything is viewed through the prism of the war effort" (Website 2). This attack on Pearl Harbor really got America moving on whether or not they were going to join the war. Before this, they were helping the British with the Lend-Lease Act, which is technically a declaration of war, that helped the British because America would send them any supplies that they needed as long as they were given something back. However, after Pearl Harbor there was no question about whether or not the United States was in the war or not.
The after effects of Pearl Harbor were also the weaponry and the amount of people that didn't live through the attack. "...almost 3,000 Americans were killed. Six battles ships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, most of the ground planes were ravaged as well" (Website 3). After this attack, most Americans reacted with anger, and surprise that it happened without them having a hint of knowing. The Americans never really thought that something like this would happen to them, because they considered themselves "neutral" even though they were basically participated in war without declaring war. "Most American newspaper headlines had been about Europeans event, so the Japanese attack was a true blindside" (Website 3). This shows that, the Americans were no where near prepared for the attack that was going to take place, they were more focused on what was happening in Europe to even start thinking about something that cold happen to them, or to prepare themselves for war. There were so many effects after the attack on Pearl Harbor, people of Japanese decent were taken to internment camps, America was on the ball to join the Allied war force, and there were many American losses both in weaponry and in the peoples whose lives were taken that day.
Right after the attack, troops began to line up around all the islands of Hawaii because they thought that the Japanese planned on attacking the rest of Hawaii. "The Hawaiian Islands were essentially turned into one large military base. All Japanese owned businesses were shut down. Local police, FBI, and Army arrested many residents who were considered dangerous" (Website 1). After the dangerous were taken they were issued identification cards and these had to be carried at all times. Residents could also never carry anything over $200 at all times. People of Japanese decent were moved to one of ten detention centers across the United States, in the following states, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. "This affected approximately 120,000 Japanese, of which approximately 80,000 were U.S. citizens" (Website 1). Life in these detention centers was not the greatest, their was no plumbing or cooking centers, food was rationed out to the detainees. Eventually, the U.S. decided that they could let people out of the camps only if they would serve in the U.S. army, many weren't happy about this and only 1,200 enlisted to fight. In 1945, there was no longer any more internment camps.
After the attack, "Within a matter of hours of the attack, America is moving quickly to get on a war footing. American attitudes about the war change radically, [as do] American attitudes about the economy, about giving to the war. The war is not part of the culture; the war is the culture. Everything is viewed through the prism of the war effort" (Website 2). This attack on Pearl Harbor really got America moving on whether or not they were going to join the war. Before this, they were helping the British with the Lend-Lease Act, which is technically a declaration of war, that helped the British because America would send them any supplies that they needed as long as they were given something back. However, after Pearl Harbor there was no question about whether or not the United States was in the war or not.
The after effects of Pearl Harbor were also the weaponry and the amount of people that didn't live through the attack. "...almost 3,000 Americans were killed. Six battles ships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, most of the ground planes were ravaged as well" (Website 3). After this attack, most Americans reacted with anger, and surprise that it happened without them having a hint of knowing. The Americans never really thought that something like this would happen to them, because they considered themselves "neutral" even though they were basically participated in war without declaring war. "Most American newspaper headlines had been about Europeans event, so the Japanese attack was a true blindside" (Website 3). This shows that, the Americans were no where near prepared for the attack that was going to take place, they were more focused on what was happening in Europe to even start thinking about something that cold happen to them, or to prepare themselves for war. There were so many effects after the attack on Pearl Harbor, people of Japanese decent were taken to internment camps, America was on the ball to join the Allied war force, and there were many American losses both in weaponry and in the peoples whose lives were taken that day.