During World War II over 110,000 U.S. citizens and legal residents were incarcerated without charges or trial, not by a hostile enemy nation, but by their own country, the self-proclaimed beacon of liberty and justice. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, coupled with racism and wartime hysteria, generated widespread support for violating the civil rights of Japanese Americans living along the Pacific Coast of the United States. Following government orders, Japanese Americans took what belongings they could carry and were incarcerated in remote, hastily constructed concentration camps. When they emerged from the camps, they faced humiliation, prejudice, and economic ruin.