In the period after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many American citizens were wary of Japanese Americans residing near them. Quickly a very prevalent anxiety arose among the country, stemming from the Japanese Americans. This prompted the Executive Order #9066 which said that alternate locations or referred to as "military areas" were created in order for Japanese Americans to be sent to and live on. Their freedom was basically stripped away however, as they could not leave these bases. Much of the time the bases were surrounded by fencing or some sort of blockade to prevent the people from leaving the premises. These "areas" mostly existed in the sparsley populated West in order to isolate them from the rest of the country. Virtually, all of their natural rights ceased to exist in these bases and many of the "homes" provided to families, were old horse stalls. Frequently, there was a lack of food and the education provided to the children was limited to none. It became legal to send Japanese American individuals and families to these areas based on any sort of "suspicion", even without any sort of tangible evidence or proof. Often times, families were sent to these bases, void of reason, solely because they were Japanese Americans which brought fear to many.
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