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InstructionMultiple Choice

Informational: Japanese Internment in America

Question 1 • WINGS PA - 26 Literature II A Jefferson-Oliver

What was the result of Executive Order 9066?

Answer
A
It absolved all Japanese Americans from any hint of treason or subversion during World War II.
B
It caused Japanes Americans on the West Coast to be forced from their home and relocated.
C
It required Japanese and German Americans to take loyalty oaths and move inland.
D
It forced the relocation of selected cities on the West Coast in danger of invasion from Japan.

Explanation

Executive Order 9066 authorized the exclusion of people from designated military areas during World War II. In practice, it led to Japanese Americans on the West Coast being forced from their homes and sent to incarceration camps. It did not apply only to selected cities believed to face invasion, as choice D suggests.

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