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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > war, peace and terrorism > war and society > war and race > internment of German and Italian Americans

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internment of German and Italian Americans  

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  • Immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 in accordance with the Enemy Alien Act of 1798, designating Japanese, German, and Italian nationals, respectively, as enemy aliens within the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; German and Italian Americans, Internment of]

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