Japanese Internment

Japanese Americans were sent to camps as a result of what major event?

• Germany Invading Poland

• The Appeasement Policy

• Pearl Harbor

• Yellow Peril

Japanese Americans had all the time they needed to pack their bags before they were taken to camps.

• True

• False

Which President issued Executive Order 9066?

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Ronald Reagan

• George Bush

What was the main reason that guided the decision to intern Japanese Americans?

• Trustworthiness

• open-mindedness

• fear

• data

Where were most internment camps built?

• in cities out west

• on the east coast

• in isolated areas like deserts

• in forests

Many Japanese Americans did not know where they were being sent.

• True

• False

Children were also incarcerated during WWII.

• True

• False

When Japanese Americans had to report to the camps what did most of the families have to do?

• Leave behind their homes, belongings, businesses, and pets.

• Give all of their money and property to the US government

• Find a neighbor or family member to leave their children with

• Enlist in the US Army

Which President signed the Civil Liberties Act and formally apologized to Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII?

• Ronald Reagan

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Bush

• Barack Obama

Barbed wire and guards surrounded which of these camps during WWII

• Internment Camps

• Concentration Camps

• Both