#5: The Internment of the Japanese (Top 10 Mistakes by U.S. Presidents)

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#5: The Internment of the Japanese (Top 10 Mistakes by U.S. Presidents)
      

Lesson for President Obama: Beware of hysteria.  

In the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a fit of paranoia overtook the United States, especially on the West Coast. California's state government and ordinary citizens alike suddenly suspected that their Japanese American neighbors were spies and saboteurs for the Empire of Japan.

This led to the internment of the Japanese, a chapter in American history recounted in this video.
         

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