Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps - Densho

True or False: Japanese individuals who were born in the US did not have to go to internment camps. 

• True

• False

Which was NOT a reason that people targeted Japanese individuals in America

• Racism

• Felt threatened 

• to make new friends

• fear of espionage (spying)

• Paranoia

The Executive Order 9066...

• authorized the removal of any suspected enemy, which included more than 100,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast

• authorized the removal of Jews in the United States to Germany 

• authorized the removal of Native Americans

Which of the following statements is correct when describing the Japanese internment camps?

• They were completely built by the time detainees arrived to live in them.

• They were hastily built prisons that were overcrowded and unsanitary. 

• The camps were thoughtfully designed by President Roosevelt himself.

• The camps were clean, modern, and well-equipped to allow an easy transition for arriving detainees.

What did the Ex parte Mitsuye Endo Supreme Court decision say?

• The the military zone was fine, but camps had to be move further away from it. 

• The government could not continue to hold people without a trial to prove they had done something wrong

• Executive Order 9066 was unconstitutional

Aki joined which union:

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• The Black Panthers

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Which does NOT describe the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?

• The Supreme Court initally upheld their evacuation from the West Coast.

• An apology was isssued to evacuees immediately after the war.

• Many of the evacuees were United States citizens.

• Outside California, there was not much public opposition to the internment policy.

• There is no evidence these Japanese Americans were engaging in conspiracies.