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Who issued Executive Order 9066?

A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
Congress
D
the Supreme Court
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During World War II, how did the policy of internment affect people of Japanese descent in the United States?

A
They were forced to relocate to assembly centers.
B
They were forced to relocate to Japan.
C
They were forced to join the military and fight Japan.
D
They were forced to work for the US government.
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In Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that in a time of great “emergency and peril,” the internment of Japanese Americans was

A
unconstitutional
B
unnecessary
C
constitutional
D
significant
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t
to show their loyalty to the US
t
to travel to Europe and the Pacific
t
to take a stand against internment camps
t
to become eligible to run for US government offices
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Why were Japanese Americans living on the West Coast interned after the Pearl Harbor attack?

A
Many community leaders feared that Japanese Americans might be attacked by angry mobs and needed a safe place to live.
B
Japanese Americans were interned so that they might more easily contribute to the war effort.
C
Many people feared the presence of Japanese spies after Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor.
D
Japanese Americans were interned to prevent them from joining the German side in the European campaign.
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Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?

A
government apologies
B
financial reparations
C
property damage and discrimination
D
discrimination and a return to normalcy
7

What was the impact of President Roosevelt’s approval of Executive Order 9066?

T
The draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
T
The United States moved quickly to bomb Japan in retaliation for the Pearl Harbor attack.
A
All persons in the United States speaking a foreign language were ordered into internment camps.
M
More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes and move to internment camps.
8

What pivotal event led the United States to enter World War II?

A
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
B
Japan’s takeover of China
C
Japan’s attack on Midway Island
D
Japan’s takeover of Southeast Asia
9

During World War II, the US government sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps based on

A
how long they had lived in the US.
B
whether they lived in an exclusion zone.
C
how long they had lived on the East Coast.
D
whether they had ever lived in Japan.
10

Who was Fred Korematsu?

A
an American citizen who lived in California
B
a resident alien who lived in California.
C
a Japanese spy who lived in California.
D
an American citizen who lived in Hawaii.
11

Fred Korematsu argued that internment was unconstitutional mainly because internees

A
did not receive due process.
B
did not pose a threat to the US.
C
were citizens who paid taxes.
D
made the country safer.
12

Which of the following best describes one reason that thousands of Japanese Americans voluntarily joined the US military during World War II?

A
to show their loyalty to the US
B
to travel to Europe and the Pacific
C
to take a stand against internment camps
D
to become eligible to run for US government offices
13

Why were Japanese Americans living on the West Coast interned after the Pearl Harbor attack?

A
Many community leaders feared that Japanese Americans might be attacked by angry mobs and needed a safe place to live.
B
Japanese Americans were interned so that they might more easily contribute to the war effort.
C
Many people feared the presence of Japanese spies after Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor.
D
Japanese Americans were interned to prevent them from joining the German side in the European campaign.
14

In Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that in a time of great “emergency and peril,” the internment of Japanese Americans was

A
unconstitutional
B
unnecessary
C
constitutional
D
significant
15

Which is one advantage of using Navajo as a military code language?

A
Since few people understood it, it was a difficult code to break.
B
Since it was simple, Americans could learn it easily.
C
Since the Navajo spoke it, other American Indians would understand it.
D
Since it was widely known, allied forces could learn it easily.
16

During World War II, how did the policy of internment affect people of Japanese descent in the United States?

A
They were forced to relocate to assembly centers.
B
They were forced to relocate to Japan.
C
They were forced to join the military and fight Japan.
D
They were forced to work for the US government.
17

What pivotal event led the United States to enter World War II?

A
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
B
Japan’s takeover of China
C
Japan’s attack on Midway Island
D
Japan’s takeover of Southeast Asia
18

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

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.
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The military code-talking system refers to

A
strict rules about how soldiers behave.
B
secret languages used for communication.
C
the special technique of pronouncing letters and numbers.
D
the chain of command ranking structure of the armed forces.
20

Which of the following best describes what World War II internees faced when they returned home?

A
government apologies
B
financial reparations
C
property damage and discrimination
D
discrimination and a return to normalcy

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