What would be an appropriate follow-up question to the excerpt? When did Japanese internment occur? Who was president at the time of Japanese internment? Why do you think innocent people were interned? In what country did Japanese internment take place?

Japanese interment occurred in the United States of America following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The president was Franklin D. Roosevelt. They were interned because the country was afraid of Japanese Americans and their reaction to Japan's declaration of war.