USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Why was the relocation of Japanese-Americans allowed to happen by the U.S. government and the U.s. citizens?

(A) ** The American people gave in to their fears about Japanese spies and future attacks and the government wanted to prevent future attacks from happening as well.

(B) the government was forced to put Japanese Americans in interment camps because that was what the voters wanted.

(C) An overwhelming amount of U.S. citizens wanted the government to stop putting Japanese Americans in internment camps

(D) The Japanese American internment camps were patterned after Hitler’s Concentration Camps to keep up with World War II

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. Fear-not evidence-drove the U.S. to place over 127, 000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps for the duration of WWII. Over 127, 000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.

Concept note-2: -Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps.