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Japanese American Internment

Question 4 • DBN LA 6-CR

What is a theme in Dwight Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?

Answer
A
Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.
B
President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker.
C
Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy.
D
The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Explanation

The poem shows the personal harm caused when Japanese Americans were forced from their homes and treated as suspicious because of their ancestry. Its theme is that Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans, rather than proving that they were spies or that internment was necessary.

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