USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did President Roosevelt and the government do in reaction to the fear that any American with Japanese decent might attack the U.S.?
A
Treated the Japanese soldiers in Japan terribly
B
Used the atomic bomb in Japan because of this
C
Relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps in the U.S.
D
Removed all Japanese-Americans and sent them back to Japan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to “relocation centers” further inland – resulting in the incarceration of Japanese Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -ER and Internment Eleanor Roosevelt opposed internment and tried to stop FDR from issuing Executive Order 9066.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. In an effort to curb potential Japanese espionage, Executive Order 9066 approved the relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps.

Detailed explanation-4: -The attack on Pearl Harbor also launched a rash of fear about national security, especially on the West Coast. In February 1942, just two months later, President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chief, issued Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Eighty years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, stripping people of Japanese descent of their civil rights.

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