The Asian-American Experience

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Across
  1. 5. Ethnicity that was degraded in the early 1900s as a "hybrid race" of Spanish and Indian origin
  2. 6. The first Japanese-American admitted to the Oregon Bar
  3. 7. (acronym) Organization meant to set up internment camps
  4. 9. Internment camps were _____, meaning that communities inside created schools, grew their own food, and had hospitals and jobs
  5. 10. Whereas American cultures tend to be individualist, Asian cultures are more _____
  6. 12. Businessman in the Oregon Valley, one of the first people sent to the internment camps
  7. 15. After the camps were shut down, the WRA gave ____ dollars to those leaving the camps
  8. 16. Famous actor who spent time as a child in an Japanese internment camp
  9. 17. (acronym) Organization that rallied for a formal apology from the US government for the internment camps
  10. 19. Number of people out of the 120,000 sent to Japanese internment camps that were found to be committing espionage
  11. 21. ______ portrayed Japanese internment camps as beneficial and fun for the people inside
  12. 25. Nickname given to Japanese-Americans who wouldn't swear total loyalty to America on military questionnaires
  13. 26. Maximum security internment camp that was often considered the worst of the ten
Down
  1. 1. Crop in high demand during WWII because of it was used to make ammunition
  2. 2. American Deaf culture often takes pride in their Deafness, while Asian cultures often view Deafness as a _____
  3. 3. Redress effort to give still-living previously-incarcerated Japanese-Americans $20,000 as compensation
  4. 4. First camp to open up in California
  5. 8. Executive Order 9066 forced Japanese Americans to vacate a large area of the ___ Coast
  6. 11. The Japanese term for a first-generation Japanese-American immigrant
  7. 13. President who awarded Minoru Yasui with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
  8. 14. The American-born children of Japanese immigrants
  9. 18. An Asian value of suffering in silence and accepting one's problems
  10. 20. The first restrictive immigration law in the US was against ____ people in 1882
  11. 22. President in office when Japanese-American incarceration began
  12. 23. Rather than making the message explicit, most Asian cultures rely on _____ cues
  13. 24. (acronym) Phrase created to highlight one's non-whiteness and the racial inequality and injustice that comes with it