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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Internment and the Constitution

Question 5 • LUSD-US History(B) (A-G)

Many internees at Manzanar objected to anyone who chose to work for the government by making war materials. Which statement most likely characterizes their opposition?

Answer
A
They believed that internees should not help in the war effort because the internment of the Japanese was unjust.
B
They believed that internees should not help in the war effort because their work would harm Japan and their Japanese family members.
C
They believed that internees should not help in the war effort because they were not being paid fairly.

Explanation

Many Japanese Americans at Manzanar were confined because of their ancestry despite not having been found guilty of wrongdoing. Some objected to helping the government make weapons because doing so would support a war effort led by the same government that had unjustly imprisoned them. Choice A best captures that opposition.

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