"I am an American: a True Story of Japanese Internment"

Why were the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle emphasized in the story?

• Nisei spies were found in all three of those cities.

• Those were cities known for their intolerance of immigrants.

• Those were cities with large populations of Japanese Americans.

• Those were all cities that were attacked during World War II.

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Why were the Japanese falsely accused of sabotage?

• It lead to the initial roundup of Japanese Americans in Hawaii.

• Japanese Americans in Hawaii were known to be less loyal to the United States than other Japanese Americans.

• Japanese Americans were accused to distract from the military's failures.

• There was a lot of racism at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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What is the best sentence to add descriptive detail to: "At first, the demonstrations of loyalty brought pledges of support from government officials, and Japanese internment seemed unlikely. California congressman Leland Ford said, "These people are American-born. This is their country." US Attorney General Francis Biddle declared, "At no time will the government engage in wholesale condemnation of any alien group."

• FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover also refused to fully trust the pledges.

• Even President Roosevelt publicly doubted any likelihood of American-born Japanese spies.

• The internment began soon after with the first round of questioning of the Nisei.

• The Nisei knew it was time to leave their homes, lest they be arrested.

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Which of the following best explains the significance of the diaries, letters, and photographs" that Nisei destroyed?

• They were items that the Nisei may have sent to Japan in order to support the other side of the war.

• They were items that could have identified Nisei by their Japanese heritage.

• They were items that were destroyed the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• They were gits Japanese Americans had given to the United States as a peace offering.

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Which inference about changing attitudes among American military leaders is best supported by the excerpt?

• Members of Congress and President Roosevelt's cabnet were suspicious of Japanese Americans started with the the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• The CIA's investigation into the Nisei and Isse found evidence that the cast doubt on the oyalties of those groups.

• After having early suspicions of the Nisei, President Roosevelt was eventually convinced by this generals that he had nothing to fear.

• American military officials targeted the Japanese living in the US because they felt vulnerable following early battles lost.

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Which sentence best supports the targeting of Japanese Americans because of early battles lost?

• "At the same time, the FBI and the FCC conducted separate investigations of the Japanese living in American."

• "Alarmed at the enemy's swift advance through the Pacific, military officials suggested that Japan might try to invade the west coast of American and that maybe the Issei and the Nisei who lived there would aid the invasion."

• "Although the charge of Japanese sabatoge on Hawaii was total false, newspaper writers and radiobroadcasters began warning of the danger of Japanese sabotage on the west coast."

• "Japanese books and magazines were burned because of a rumor that FBI agents had found such materials in the homes of Issei arrested on suspicion of sabotage."

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Which statement about Japanese Americans is MOST STRONGLY supported by the text?

• Their involvement in sabotage during Pearl Harbor was well documents.

• The Nisei and Issei let their pride get in the way and acted defiantly when Americans suspected them of disloyalty.

• Despite their enthusiasm for the American cause, they were not allowed to enlist in the war effort.

• They continually tried to do whatever they could to prove themselves as loyal Americans.

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Which statement most strongly suggests the great lengths that Japanese Americans went to in order to show they were supportive of the US?

• In Los Angeles,radio commentator John Hughes warned that "90 percent or more of American-born Japanese are primarily loyal to Japan.

• Both investigations concluded that the Nisei were loyal citizens and that their Issei parents had taken no action to aid japan"

• Slowly, sadly, all along the west coast of American, they destroyed what they possessed of the Asian heritage.

• Although the charge of Japanese sabotage on Hawaii was totally false, newspaper writters and radio braodcasters began warning of the danger of Japanese sabotage.

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What is the correct definition for sabotage?

• confinement of enemies

• public showings of political views

• statement of disapproval

• deliberate distruction

• national pride

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What is the correct definition for patriotism?

• confinement of enemies

• public showings of political views

• statement of disapproval

• deliberate distruction

• national pride

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