US.54: Japanese American Internment Flashcard

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Controversial WWII policy by the US government:

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Forced relocation and imprisonment of Japanese Americans

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Japanese Americans forcibly relocated and interned during WWII?

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Over 120,000

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Executive Order 9066 authorized military zones and exclusion based on ancestry.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Landmark Supreme Court case challenging Japanese American internment.

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Korematsu v. United States

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American citizen of Japanese descent who defied relocation order and was arrested.

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Fred Korematsu

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Year Supreme Court upheld internment in Korematsu v. United States?

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1944

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City where Korematsu's conviction was overturned in 1983

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San Francisco

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Supreme Court overruled Korematsu v. United States in Trump v. Hawaii.

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2018

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Internment of Japanese Americans serves as a reminder of:

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Importance of protecting civil liberties.

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Internment of Japanese Americans as a historical example of:

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Consequences of government actions based on fear and prejudice.