WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly two months after the attack, President Franklin D. 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. At first, the relocations were completed on a voluntary basis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. The order led to the incarceration of 120, 000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -On February 19, 1942, FDR issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced relocation of approximately 120, 000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. More than two-thirds of these people were native born American citizens. They were confined in inland internment camps operated by the military.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 calling for the internment of Japanese-Americans after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Mochida family, pictured here, were some of the 117, 000 people that would be forced into prison camps scattered throughout the country by that June.

Detailed explanation-5: -Virtually all Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and property and live in camps for most of the war. The government cited national security as justification for this policy although it violated many of the most essential constitutional rights of Japanese Americans.