Internment and the Constitution

Question 1

Why did the US government think internment camps were necessary during World War II?

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to protect national security

Question 2

Who issued Executive Order 9066?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 3

Which is one advantage of using Navajo as a military code language?

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Since few people understood it, it was a difficult code to break.

Question 4

Internment camps were also known as

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relocation centers.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?

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property damage and discrimination

Question 6

best

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to show their loyalty to the US

Question 7

During World War II, how did the policy of internment affect people of Japanese descent in the United States?

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They were forced to relocate to assembly centers.

Question 8

How did the Navajo serve in World War II?

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as code talkers in the Pacific

Question 9

How did President Truman’s Executive Order 9981 show progress toward racial equality?

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The order ended segregation in the military.

Question 10

What was the impact of President Roosevelt’s approval of Executive Order 9066?

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More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps.

Internment and the Constitution Answers