There were several effects of the Japanese being in internment camps. The first impact was that the lives of the Japanese were interrupted. They had to sell their businesses and their homes. Japanese children could no longer attend the schools they were attending.
Life in the camps was hard. The weather conditions made life difficult. Hot summers and cold winters presented problems for them. The food also wasn’t very good. The housing that was provided was very basic. Trying to escape from the camps could lead to death. Adults had the option of working for $5.00 a day. It wasn’t easy being in these internment camps.
After the war ended, the Japanese faced a lot of discrimination. It was difficult, and in some cases impossible, for the Japanese to return to their cities and their villages because of this discrimination.
Finally, the government recognized its wrongdoings by making restitution to the surviving Japanese. Along with a formal apology, each surviving Japanese was given $20,000 by the government in 1988.
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