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Question 10 • Literature and Composition III

Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066 was based on

Answer
A
the assumption that Japanese Americans posed a threat to national security.
B
evidence that all Japanese Americans were plotting to fight the US within its borders.
C
past experiences of Japanese Americans causing civil unrest in the United States.
D
written reports that Japan was recruiting American citizens to spy for them.

Explanation

Executive Order No. 9066 authorized military exclusion zones during World War II, leading to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. The government justified the order by claiming that Japanese Americans might threaten national security, despite lacking evidence that they as a group were disloyal. Thus, the correct choice is “the assumption that Japanese Americans posed a threat to national security.”

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