Internment and the Constitution

Question 1

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 2

The military code-talking system refers to

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secret languages used for communication.

Question 3

best

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to show their loyalty to the US

Question 4

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

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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 5

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 6

Who was Fred Korematsu?

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an American citizen who lived in California

Question 7

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 8

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 9

How did the Navajo serve in World War II?

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as code talkers in the Pacific

Question 10

Fred Korematsu argued that internment was unconstitutional mainly because internees

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did not receive due process.

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