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Propaganda and
World War II:
Using Primary Sources
to Investigate
Bobby Scott explains the fear of Japanese Invasion
http://www.kacv.org/war/index.html?page=2&submission_id=5519&ext=0
The owner of this
store placed this "I
AM AN AMERICAN"
sign on his store
front the day after
Pearl Harbor.
What nationality is the owner of this store? How do you know?
Why might the store have been sold?
In this cartoon,
Dr. Seuss shows
Japanese collecting
dynamite.
Explain the caption at the top of the cartoon.
What is the message?
The American people’s
disgust of the Japanese
people is represented in
this caricature.
Who are the two figures on the billboard?
What is the message?
Summary Questions
• Why did Americans have a distrust of
Japanese Americans?
• Were their fears founded?
• Was the internment of Japanese fair?
Why or why not?