Internment and the Constitution

Question 1

Who issued Executive Order 9066?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 2

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 3

In Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that in a time of great “emergency and peril,” the internment of Japanese Americans was

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constitutional

Question 4

best

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to show their loyalty to the US

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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.

Question 8

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

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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 9

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 10

Who was Fred Korematsu?

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an American citizen who lived in California

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