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WorksheetsJapanese Internment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Japanese Americans were sent to camps as a result of what major event?
Germany Invading Poland
The Appeasement Policy
Pearl Harbor
Yellow Peril
Japanese Americans had all the time they needed to pack their bags before they were taken to camps.
True
False
Which President issued Executive Order 9066?
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
What was the main reason that guided the decision to intern Japanese Americans?
Trustworthiness
open-mindedness
fear
data
Where were most internment camps built?
in cities out west
on the east coast
in isolated areas like deserts
in forests
Many Japanese Americans did not know where they were being sent.
True
False
Children were also incarcerated during WWII.
True
False
When Japanese Americans had to report to the camps what did most of the families have to do?
Leave behind their homes, belongings, businesses, and pets.
Give all of their money and property to the US government
Find a neighbor or family member to leave their children with
Enlist in the US Army
Which President signed the Civil Liberties Act and formally apologized to Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII?
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
George Bush
Barack Obama
Barbed wire and guards surrounded which of these camps during WWII
Internment Camps
Concentration Camps
Both
Incarcerated Japanese Americans faced discrimination, racism, and financial struggle when they returned to their "homes."
True
False
The definition of yellow peril is:
racist color metaphor that represents Asian people as dangerous.
The color yellow is scary
yellow means danger
yellow means slow down
In what year did they start closing the Japanese Internment camps?
1948
1949
1947
1945
Some interned Americans fought in the armed forces during World War 2.
True
False
What does Issei mean?
2nd generation Japanese born in the United States
Traitor of Japanese decent
1st Generation born in Japan and immigrated to the U.S.A.
3rd generation born in Internment Camps
Nisei means:
1st generation immigrant from Japan
a traitor of Japanese decent
2nd generation Japanese born in the USA
3rd generation Japanese born in internment camps
How many Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps?
12,000
120,000
100,000
200,000
What was Fred Korematsu arrested for?
Staying at home and not reporting to the internment camps
Giving intelligence to Japan
Aiding the Japanese
Not giving his money and property to the Government
How many internment camps were there?
8
3
20
10
It took until what year for the United States to apologize for the Internment of the Japanese during WWII
1990
2008
1988
1975
