12021-01-05T22:41:36-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3385021Loyalty questionnaire filled out by Atsushi "Art" Ishida was distributed by the United States government to incarcerated Japanese Americans and immigrants to determine loyalty.plain2021-01-05T22:41:36-08:001943United States. Selective Service SystemSteve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
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1media/WRA_0115_01_v2.jpg2020-12-15T14:44:26-08:00Loyalties: Activity 114plain2021-01-05T22:47:59-08:001) Have the students browse the CSUJAD exhibit “Before the War” section to better understand the experience of the Japanese in the United States previous to WWII.
2) Have the students read the loyalty questionnaire below with a special focus on the last questions, number 27 and 28. It was given to all Japanese Americans age 17 and over in the War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps in February 1943, about a year after they had been uprooted from their homes on the west coast and moved into the WRA camps.
3) Based on the guiding questions below, have a classroom discussion about the various perspectives of the people of Japanese ancestry in the WRA camps. Reference the Terminology Differentiating People of Japanese Ancestry (Appendix A).
Guiding questions
If you were an Issei woman (1st generation, not allowed to become an American citizen), how might you respond to number 27 about serving in the armed forces?
If you were a Nisei (2nd generation, American citizen), what might your reaction to number 28 forswearing allegiance to the Japanese emperor/foreign governments be?
If you were an Issei (1st generation, not allowed to become an American citizen), what would giving up any allegiance to Japan leave you with?