Japanese American Internment during World War II

How many persons of Japanese ancestry lived on the US mainland at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

• 80,000

• 60,000

• 100,000

• 120,000

What was the main reason for the Roosevelt administration to adopt a drastic policy toward Japanese Americans?

• To retaliate against Japan

• Government feared there were spies living on the west coast

• To protect national security

• To ensure public safety

Which agencies conducted surveillance on Japanese Americans before the Pearl Harbor attack?

• Department of Defense, Justice Department, President of the United States

• Office of Naval Intelligence and Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Office of Naval Intelligence and Army's G-2 intelligence unit

• Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency

What fueled anti-Japanese-American hysteria after the Pearl Harbor attack?

• Both A and C

• Reports of Japanese Americans giving vital information to Japan

• Japanese victories in Guam, Malaya, and the Philippines

• None of the above

Who argued that Japanese Americans in California should be under armed guard?

• Walter Lippmann

• Justice Department and the Department of War

• Westbrook Pegler

• None

Who insisted that the policy of removing Japanese Americans was necessary for public safety?

What did Executive Order 9066 direct the War Department to do?

Where were Japanese Americans forced to live during the war?

• All of the above

• Temporary assembly centers

• Relocation centers/Internment Centers

• Farms as laborers

What did the incarcerated Japanese Americans establish in the relocation camps?

What were the consequences of the Japanese American relocation program?

• Loss of property and reparations

• None of the above

• Transformation of the Japanese American community

• Both A and C