HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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The establishment of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
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The evacuation of Japanese Americans to internment camps
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The opening of centers for Jewish refugees
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The creation of the first African American combat unit
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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: -What was the impact of President Roosevelt’s approval of Executive Order 9066? More than 100, 000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps.
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: -Ordered that all foreigners and Americans of Japanese, descent be confined in concentration camps for the purpose of national security, Cleared the way for deportation of Japanese Americans, made the West coast of the United States a hostile military zone, and made all Japanese Americans “enemies of the state."
Detailed explanation-5: -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.