Japanese American internment quiz prep

When Korematsu appealed his conviction concerning FDR's executive order, what was his claim?

• his constitutional rights were violated

• he was legally living in the U.S. and should not be deported

• the camps were too dirty and unfit for people to live in

• the draft was not fair to Japanese Americans

Based on the excerpt below, the result of Japanese Americans being interred was because of ...

Along the vital Pacific coast over 112,000 potential enemies, of Japanese extraction, are at large today. There are indications that these were organized and ready for concerted action at a favorable opportunity. The very fact that no sabotage was taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken."

• well founded evidence that Japanese-Americans posed an immediate threat to U.S. national security

• clear actions from Japanese-Americans who were actually sabotaging the American war effort

• fears they posed a threat to national security although no sabotage had been carried out by Japanese Americans

• attacks carried out by a small minority of Japanese Americans

Looking at the map, where were most of the internment camps located in the United States?

• the southern U.S.

• The central part of the U.S.

• Northern cities

• the western U.S.

In 1988, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act which formally apologized to Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps and gave them ...

• A free trip to Walt Disney world

• reparation payments of $20,000 to each person interred

• any property they had lost when they were removed to the camps

• lifelong citizenship in the United States

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Korematsu v. U.S. that...

• all people are equal regardless of race

• Japanese internment camps were not necessary during the war because there was no evidence of sabotage

• in times of war the U.S. govt. could suspend citizens' rights in the name of national security

• Japanese Americans had the same legal rights as other Americans.

Of all the internment camps listed, which camp had the highest population of Japanese-Americans?

• Rohwer

• Tule Lake

• Manzanar

• Heart Mountain

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to relocate to ....

• Japan

• the Sunbelt area of the U.S.

• the Eastern Coast

• internment camps

Looking at the map, what is significant about Arkansas regarding Japanese-American internment camps?

• Arkansas was the ONLY state with two internment camps

• Arkansas was included in the military exclusion area

• the majority of all the internment camps were inside Arkansas

• two internment camps were located inside Arkansas

After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were suspected of:

• possible traitors who would sabotage America

• economic threats to white-Americans

• helping America against Japan

• Patriotism

What event in World War 2 caused thousands of Japanese-Americans to be placed in internment camps?

• Invasion of the Philippines

• The Invasion of Poland

• The Pearl Harbor attack

• The Battle of Britain