AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?
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They never did that.
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They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.
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To make Japan “salty".
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They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On February 19, 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the stated intention of preventing espionage on American shores. Military zones were created in California, Washington and Oregon-states with a large population of Japanese Americans.
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