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Internment and the Constitution Answers

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

A
They were forced to relocate to assembly centers.
B
They were forced to relocate to Japan.
C
They were forced to join the military and fight Japan.
D
They were forced to work for the US government.
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What pivotal event led the United States to enter World War II?

A
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
B
Japan’s takeover of China
C
Japan’s attack on Midway Island
D
Japan’s takeover of Southeast Asia
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In Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that in a time of great “emergency and peril,” the internment of Japanese Americans was

A
unconstitutional
B
unnecessary
C
constitutional
D
significant
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How did President Truman’s Executive Order 9981 show progress toward racial equality?

A
The order ended segregation in the military.
B
The order set up integrated military housing for soldiers.
C
The order dismantled the internment camps for Japanese Americans.
D
The order gave medals of honor to injured servicemen of different backgrounds.
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Who was Fred Korematsu?

A
an American citizen who lived in California
B
a resident alien who lived in California.
C
a Japanese spy who lived in California.
D
an American citizen who lived in Hawaii.
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Who issued Executive Order 9066?

A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
Congress
D
the Supreme Court
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Fred Korematsu argued that internment was unconstitutional mainly because internees

A
did not receive due process.
B
did not pose a threat to the US.
C
were citizens who paid taxes.
D
made the country safer.
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What was the impact of President Roosevelt’s approval of Executive Order 9066?

A
The draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
B
The United States moved quickly to bomb Japan in retaliation for the Pearl Harbor attack.
C
All persons in the United States speaking a foreign language were ordered into internment camps.
D
More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps.
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Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?

A
government apologies
B
financial reparations
C
property damage and discrimination
D
discrimination and a return to normalcy
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During World War II, the US government sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps based on

A
how long they had lived in the US.
B
whether they lived in an exclusion zone.
C
how long they had lived on the East Coast.
D
whether they had ever lived in Japan.

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