California State University Japanese American Digitization Project: An ExhibitMain MenuIntroductionBefore the WarIssei and Nisei in the WestExecutive Order 9066Mass removalIncarcerationConcentration campsServiceNisei in the warResettlementReconstructing HomeRedressA nation makes amendsReflectionsMaking sense of it allTimelineGraphic from exhibition poster, "Timeline"Educational Guides and ResourcesRelated ResourcesList of external resources relating to the exhibit topicPrint-ready PostersDownload Print-ready posters for your eventsAbout CSUJADDescription of the CSUJAD Project and call for historical resource donations
After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order on February 9, 1942. The Executive Order 9066 authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas and create incarceration camps as well as provide the authority to enforce compliance regarding the mass removal of Japanese American immigrants and citizens.
