"...the Japanese had been welcomed at first as a source of cheap labor, but shortly thereafter, became targets of anti-Asian campaigns, maligned as the "yellow peril." They inherited much of the new prejudice directed previously against the Chinese, especially as the Japanese moved from itinerant farm laborers to become owners of farms and small businesses." (Jainternment). Throughout the United State's history different ethnicities have been targeted by discrimination. What happened to the Japanese during World …showed first 75 words of 497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 497 total…and the Aleutians in the Pribilof Islands. On August 10, 1988, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, based on the CWRIC recommendations, was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan (giving the survivors of the camps $20,000). On November 21, 1989, President George Bush signed an appropriation bill authorizing payments to be paid out between 1990 and 1998. (Jainternment). Works Cited: 1.<Tab/>http://www.jainternment.org/ 2.<Tab/>http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/redress.htm