Japanese-Americans and the Constitution :: Japanese-Americans concentration camps WWII

Japanese-Americans and the Constitution A Review of the Smithsonians A much Perfect Union Website Brief Description and Museums PurposeA more than Perfect Union ... is organized as a chronology of events centering about iodin basic theme the confinement of Japanese-Americans to concentration camps during WWII. I swear the communicate being conveyed to the state-supported is one of a major exculpation to these Japanese-Americans and their descendants for the great injustices forced upon them. In addition, the museum attempts to warn the over every public that since much(prenominal) a violation of the constitution has proven possible in the past, we cannot blindly rely on the fabric of our constitution to prevent such injustices from occurring again. We must proceed with caution in matters of civil liberties and work towards achieving a more perfect union.OrganizationAs indicated above, the break is theme-based, bear on around a historical period of time. Because of this, t here is a considerable proportion of text, revealing background history, in relation to the actual artifacts. In my second, more thorough run-through, I certainly found myself reading more than looking at things. In fact, it seems as though the abut exclusively tells the true chronological history to those patient enough to read all of the text. A less thorough visit to the exhibit allow doubtless result in a skewed view of the past. I will address this issue later in the Critical Assessment section.The exhibit has an obvious beginning (with a mural of the Constitution and an introduction video) and accordingly leads the visitor through a somewhat delineated path towards the exit. on that point is some freedom to back-track, skip around, and even to go through the inherent exhibit backwards if you wish. However, during my time in the exhibit, I observed near everyone following the predescribed path.Along this delineated path, the exhibit seems to be broken devour into five main subthemes the Japanese migration to the U.S., the incarceration process, life inside the hold camps, U.S. military involvement by the Japanese-Americans, and repairing the Constitution. By traveling through the exhibit in this order, the visitor gets a feel for the basic chronology of the events and perhaps how one event led into the other.Critical AssessmentEffectiveness and Biases I debate the exhibition team did an excellent job of conveying their intended put across although I am not in total agreement with it. Again, this message is to apologize for the Americans who acted out of hysteria in imprisoning a multitude of ally citizens who were completely innocent.