Challenge to Democracy

This was a video based on the Japanese Relocation Camps. People were taken from their homes due to the war and relocated to different areas. They housed between 7-18,000 people. It was 12-14 people to a block. Most of the people were from California. They were put in 300 room buildings where there was one family per room. They would do a regular routine in the morning meet and eat in the "mess hall", the kids would go to school, and the parents would go to work. The kids were in schools where the teachers were either caucasion or have some type of Chinese background. They were taught a typical "american" education. The parents worked as farmers. People who were doctors, teachers, or other professionals where they came from were now farmers. The wages that were paid were $12 for regular workers, $16 for more skilled workers, and $19 for those professional workers. Some people were able to continue with their fields like doctors so they could help the people who were in the relocation camps. People 18 and older were allowed to vote, and they had court proceedings like regular life. When they left the relocation camps most people moved to areas like Chicago, Colorado, and different areas in the Mid-West. They have adapted really well to life after the relocation centers. Volunteers began to train to go and fight for the Japanese culture that was affected by the relocation caused by the American War.