What did the civilians do during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 1

From what I know, I believe that if they were there at that moment and it was happening to them then it affected them in various ways. In fact, imagine you were there (during the Pearl Harbor attack) and your family and friends were outside encountering this happening. Imagine someone you know was near and died, how would YOU feel? I think extreme sadness. I mean about 2,645 or less were killed and imagine Hawaii back then with its thousands of people inhabiting there and the ones killed. But if I still haven't answered your question, then maybe you should look deeply into the situation.

Answer 2

There was an instant blackout, all liberty was cancelled, troops were digging in on every favorable invasion beach, tourism ended, bars closed due to the lack of customers, curfew was declared, the entire fishing fleet was grounded, civilian vehicles were forbidden, every oriental was suspected of being a spy, the islands were shut down as tight as a drum.

Hawaii had gone to war.

Answer 3

They knew they would feel the negative effects of the attack.

Unfortunately, racism was a huge part of United States history and Blacks were not the only race to suffer unequal and prejudicial treatment. Asian-Americans did not become accepted as "true Americans" until the mid-1960s. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, many Americans saw the Japanese-Americans as a fifth column. This meant that they viewed the Japanese-Americans as secret spies for Japan and inherently disloyal to the United States. Strangely, from a modern perspective, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans, who were much more vociferous opponents of US military policy in World War II were not even considered for discriminatory treatment, showing that this boils down to racism and fear of Asians more than it does legitimate security concerns.

In order to deal with this perceived loyalty, the President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order was used to round up Japanese-Americans all along the Pacific coast (the largest area of Japanese-Americans in the United States) and place them in internment camps. In 1944, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the camps on the grounds of necessary military action. Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.

In the 1980s, the US Federal Government admitted its wrongdoing and compensated every family that still had a surviving member from the internment camps for this violation of their civil liberties.
the us gov relocated them in camps called war relocation camps.then after they got out the "camps" , most of them never got their properties ( houses ,cars etc ) back.
they were interned in US guarded holding camps

Answer 4

Up until 1941, the average American was reluctant to think about participating in WW 2. It would cause deaths of US soldiers and involve the US in what seemed to be another foreign war like WW 1, where all that resulted was chaos when that war ended in the minds of many Americans. The attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war against the US, changed the entire dynamic of the US attitude concerning joining in another major war. Japan could not be allowed to destroy American naval bases without a serious US response, and the German declaration of war against the US, brought about a two front war for the US. Public opinion had dramatically changed by the aggression of Japan and Germany.

Answer 5

Just like 9-11 the entire United States was affected. The men who died in the attack left families behind, some men were wounded, and damage was done to the base. The entire country knew the attack meant war with Japan and Germany. Much of the same feelings that were felt in 9-11 happened with the attack. People were upset, surprised, felt helpless, and some were angry. Many knew people who were there and spent days trying to find out if they were OK. The communication lines weren't as good as they are today with cell phones and computers so some people didn't know where the missing were ( people in 9-11 also experienced this and went from hospital to hospital to see if family or fiends were there).

Answer 6

Surprised as they were they tried to protect themselves and to contact those they cared for. Some are assumed to have joined the defensive actions.

Answer 7

They now knew they were at war with the US.

Answer 8

yes some civilians did die at pearl harbour from strafing

Answer 9

Yes.