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President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II due to fears of espionage and sabotage following the attack on Pearl Harbor. This decision was influenced by widespread racial prejudice and wartime hysteria, leading to the belief that Japanese Americans posed a security threat. Ultimately, around 120,000 individuals were forcibly relocated to internment camps, despite the lack of evidence supporting these fears. The internment remains a controversial chapter in U.S. history, underscoring issues of civil liberties and racial discrimination.
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In the case Korematsu v the US the supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was.?
Omg based god !
How might president Roosevelt have justified executive order 9066 in regard to the fifth amendment?
It allowed areas to be cleared as military zones and also the deportation of Japanese Americans
What did Roosevelts executive order 9066 do?
Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, authorized the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It allowed military commanders to designate "military areas" from which individuals could be excluded, leading to the internment of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens. This action was justified by the government as a national security measure, but it has since been widely criticized as a violation of civil liberties.
What was the official position of the US government concerning the treatment of Japanese Americans during world war 2?
During World War II, the official position of the U.S. government was that the internment of Japanese Americans was a necessary measure for national security. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced relocation and internment of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens. The government justified this action on the basis of wartime fears of espionage and sabotage, despite a lack of evidence to support such claims. This policy has since been widely criticized and recognized as a violation of civil liberties.
Who was the President of the US during Japanese internment?
This happened during World War II after the Japanese attacked the US base in Hawaii when Franklin Roosevelt was president.
What did President Roosevelt agreed to?
Japanese Americans did not live in Chinatown, but throughout the city. President Roosevelt had three objectives to resolve the situation.
Who ordered japanese-americans to go into concentration camps?
president Theodore roosevelt
What was the effects of the internment of Japanese Americans?
Japanese Americans had to be forced out from their homes, cities and businesses and sent to relocation camps.
Why were Japanese Americans placed in relocation camps?
just cuz
Who were placed in relocation camps during the war?
Japanese Americans
What was the internment?
It was the forced relocation by the US of the Japanese Americans~Sarah
Who was placed in the relocation camps during the war?
Japanese Americans
were placed in relocation camps during the war?
Japanese Americans
Why were Japanese sent to relocation camps?
We were at war with Japan and thought that they may be spying on the US.The Japanese Americans were sent to the relocation camps because the Americans suspected that there were spies in that particular group.
Did president Eisenhower authorize the Japanese internment?
No. Ike was not president when the Japanese-Americans were interned: Franklin Roosevelt was, and he did authorize it. He also authorized interning German-Americans and Italian-Americans - many in Montana, and many in Texas. I do not know why we do not hear about these interned citizens.
Why did the U.S put Japanese Americans in relocation camps?
in fear of spies.
What was the internal program?
It was the forced relocation by the US of the Japanese Americans~Sarah
