Internment and the Constitution Answers

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Internment camps were also known as

relocation centers.

assembly centers.

military prisons.

exclusion zones.

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

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Japan’s takeover of China

Japan’s attack on Midway Island

Japan’s takeover of Southeast Asia

Who issued Executive Order 9066?

Franklin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Congress

the Supreme Court

Which of the following best describes one reason that thousands of Japanese Americans voluntarily joined the US military during World War II?

to show their loyalty to the US

to travel to Europe and the Pacific

to take a stand against internment camps

to become eligible to run for US government offices

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

how long they had lived in the US.

whether they lived in an exclusion zone.

how long they had lived on the East Coast.

whether they had ever lived in Japan.

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

government apologies

financial reparations

property damage and discrimination

discrimination and a return to normalcy

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

The draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.

The United States moved quickly to bomb Japan in retaliation for the Pearl Harbor attack.

All persons in the United States speaking a foreign language were ordered into internment camps.

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

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

Many community leaders feared that Japanese Americans might be attacked by angry mobs and needed a safe place to live.

Japanese Americans were interned so that they might more easily contribute to the war effort.

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

Japanese Americans were interned to prevent them from joining the German side in the European campaign.

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