Internment and the Constitution

Question 1

How did the Navajo serve in World War II?

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as code talkers in the Pacific

Question 2

During World War II, the US government sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps based on

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whether they lived in an exclusion zone.

Question 3

Fred Korematsu argued that internment was unconstitutional mainly because internees

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did not receive due process.

Question 4

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 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

Who issued Executive Order 9066?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 7

What pivotal event led the United States to enter World War II?

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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 8

Why were Japanese Americans living on the West Coast interned after the Pearl Harbor attack?

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Many people feared the presence of Japanese spies after Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor.

Question 9

The military code-talking system refers to

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secret languages used for communication.

Question 10

In the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States, the court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment

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could be waived in a time of emergency such as war.

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