Relocation Center Sites

Japanese Internment Camps

Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to designate the western half of Washington, Oregon, California, and the southern part of Arizona as military areas from which civilians could to be told to leave. Nothing in the language of the order referred to people of Japanese ancestry, but everyone knew who was to be targeted. And sure enough, soon after President Roosevelt issued the executive order; instructions were posted, telling the people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes.

The army took charge of the removal process, placing about120,000 people (citizens and non-citizens) in 15 hurriedly created Assembly Centers. People remained in these centers about 6 months. They were then transferred to camps called Relocation Centers, which were controlled by the War Relocation Authority (WRA).

The WRA created 10 Relocation Centers. In addition to the 10 centers there were many other camps in which people of Japanese ancestry lived in during this period of internment.

Instructions: Complete the following on the map worksheet provided.

For the entire map, do not use Black or Pencil, Please be neat

1. Write the names of all the states on the Map.

2. Label each of the Hawaiian Islands on the Map.

3. Using the coordinates below mark a dot, on the map, that matches the Latitude and Longitude,

4. Label each dot on your map with the name of the Relocation Center that is next to the coordinates.

Name of Relocation Center/Internment Camp	Latitude	Longitude
Manzanar, California	36*N	117*W
Tule Lake, California	42*N	121*W
Poston, Arizona	34*N	114*W
Gila, Arizona	33*N	111*W
Minidoka, Idaho	43*N	113*W
Heart Mountain, Wyoming	44*N	108*W
Granada, Colorado	38*N	103*W
Topaz, Utah	38*N	112*W
Rohwer, Arkansas	34*N	92*W
Jerome, Arkansas	33.5*N	92*W

5. Answer the following questions, in paragraph form, on the back of the map

Why do you think the War Relocation Authority choose these particular locations for the camps?

What is similar about the locations of the camps?

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