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QuizMultiple Choice

Internment and the Constitution

Question 2 • EAP-Virginia and US History B CR

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

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

Explanation

In Korematsu v. United States (1944), the Supreme Court upheld the wartime exclusion of Japanese Americans, accepting the government’s claim that it was necessary for military security. The ruling treated constitutional protections as yielding to the asserted emergency, so B, “could be waived in a time of emergency such as war,” is the best choice. The Court did not say the Fourteenth Amendment was void or that Korematsu was exempt from military obligations.

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