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Internment and the Constitution — Quiz

Question 10 • US History and Geography

In the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States , the court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment

Answer
A
was null and void until after the end of the war.
B
protected Korematsu from military obligations.
C
could be waived in a time of emergency such as war.
D
did not apply to Korematsu because he was Japanese.

Explanation

The Court upheld the wartime exclusion order that led to Korematsu’s conviction, accepting the government’s claim that military necessity justified the policy. In the terms of these choices, that meant constitutional protections could be set aside during a wartime emergency. The Court did not rule that the Fourteenth Amendment was void or that it did not apply because Korematsu was Japanese.

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