Japanese Internment

the act of imprisoning someone during a war or for political reasons, or the state of being imprisoned.

Who were put into the Japanese internment camps?

• Japanese-American immigrants

• American citizens of Japanese descent

• Second and third generation Japanese-Americans

• All of the above

What U.S. president ordered the Japanese to be moved to internment camps?

• George Bush

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

Around how many Japanese-Americans were forced to move to internment camps during World War II?

• 3,000

• 15,000

• 40,000

• 120,000

What type of homes were families given in the camps?

• Brick four-bedroom homes

• Two bedroom wooden homes

• Single room tarpaper shacks

• They lived in caves

True or False: Families with children were allowed to stay home and were not forced to move to the camps.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What happened to people living in the camps when they finally got out?

• They had lost their farms

• They had lost their property

• They had to rebuild their lives from nothing

• All of the above

Which of the following is true of the conditions in the camp?

• They were able to come and go as they pleased

• The children attended well-equipped schools

• They lived in large homes and ate good food

• None of the above

On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which:

• Authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

• Established Japanese American citizenship rights

• Banned Japanese Americans from serving in the military

• Authorized the release of Japanese Americans from internment camps

In the immediate aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing, the US government retaliated against Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens by:

• Searching their homes and confiscating their belongings.

• Detaining community leaders without trial.

• Imposing curfews.

• 
  All of the above.