AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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declaring war on the Axis Powers
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ending segregation in the armed forces
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ordering Japanese-Americans along the west coast to report to internment camps
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Executive Order 9066, February 19, 1942 Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than 2, 000 Americans died in the attack, and a united Congress answered President Roosevelt’s request for war. Roosevelt issued Presidential Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, after fears generated by the Japanese attack made the safety of America’s West Coast a priority.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to exclude any person from any area of the country where national security was considered threatened. It gave the military broad authority over the civilian population without the imposition of martial law.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt justified the order on the grounds of military necessity, declaring that Japanese Americans were a threat to national security. Anti-Japanese sentiments had been developing in the U.S. long before WWII had even begun.