Japanese American Internment Brainpop

What event caused the U.S. to enter World War II?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• The Soviet Union joining the Allies

• The passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988

• The removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island

What reason did the U.S. military cite for removing Japanese Americans from the coast?

• To prevent more attacks

• To protect Japanese Americans

• To expand local army bases

• To provide better job opportunities inland

What was the effect of Executive Order 9066?

• It opened a naval base in Hawaii

• It seized farmland owned by Japanese Americans

• It freed Japanese Americans from prison camps

• It expelled Japanese Americans from military areas

What is an example of racism faced by Japanese immigrants before World War II?

• They were not allowed to be farmers

• They were not allowed to become U.S. citizens

• They were forced to live near military bases

• They were forced to live in California

What does it mean to accuse people of being a “fifth column”?

• They're secretly working for the enemy

• They're writing articles for foreign newspapers

• They're taking land from their neighbors

• They're refusing to register for the draft

Which group was NOT responsible for spreading panic against Japanese Americans?

• Newspaper and radio personalities

• American politicians

• Military and business leaders

• Japanese politicians

Which region did incarcerated Japanese Amerians come from?

• West Coast

• Midwest

• The South

• Northeast

What prevented many Japanese Americans from resuming their normal lives after leaving the prison camps?

• They were still being monitored by the U.S. government

• They had signed up for the U.S. army to fight in World War II

• Their homes and businesses had been sold or destroyed

• They weren't allowed to move back to the west coast

What did the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 do?

• It apologized and made payments to survivors of incarceration

• It overturned the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Korematsu case

• It officially closed the prison camps

• It restored lost properties to Japanese Americans

Which event prompted the U.S. to close its prison camps?

• The end of World War II

• The formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat team

• The Supreme Court ruling in favor of Mitsuye Endo

• Protests in the camps