Japanese Internment

Japanese Americans were interned as a result of what major event?

• Germany invading Poland

• Pearl Harbor

• The Appeasement Policy

• the death of Franklin Roosevelt

What was the government act that sent Japanese Americans to the internment camps?

• Executive Order 255

• Executive Order 9066

• Executive Order 99

• Defcon 4

Japanese Americans had plenty of time to get their stuff packed before they were taken to the camps

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Where were most of the Internment Camps

• South

• North

• East Coast

• West Coast

What percentage of Japanese people put in internment camps were U.S. citizens?

• 1/3 (33%)

• 1/1 (100%)

• 2/3 (66%)

• 1/4 (25%)

Where is Pearl Harbor?

• Japan
• Hawaii
• Atlantic Ocean
• China

During World War II, some Japanese Americans had to live in a(n) _______________.

• ration
• mobilization area
• civil defense
• internment camp

The Secretary of War and his designees were given authority to deem certain areas on the West Coast as military areas, restricting any citizens or business that may conflict with the war effort. Who gave this authority?

• The Secretary of War

• President Franklin Roosevelt

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower

• The Governor of California

The camps were surrounded by guards who were there to

• protect the Japanese Americans inside

• stop anyone from coming into the camp

• stop anyone from leaving the camp

• keep the peace among the internees