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Japanese Internment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Japanese Americans were sent to camps as a result of what major event?

a)

Germany Invading Poland

b)

The Appeasement Policy

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Yellow Peril

2.

Japanese Americans had all the time they needed to pack their bags before they were taken to camps.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which President issued Executive Order 9066?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

George Bush

4.

What was the main reason that guided the decision to intern Japanese Americans?

a)

Trustworthiness

b)

open-mindedness

c)

fear

d)

data

5.

Where were most internment camps built?

a)

in cities out west

b)

on the east coast

c)

in isolated areas like deserts

d)

in forests

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Children were also incarcerated during WWII.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When Japanese Americans had to report to the camps what did most of the families have to do?

a)

Leave behind their homes, belongings, businesses, and pets.

b)

Give all of their money and property to the US government

c)

Find a neighbor or family member to leave their children with

d)

Enlist in the US Army

9.

Which President signed the Civil Liberties Act and formally apologized to Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Bush

d)

Barack Obama

10.

Barbed wire and guards surrounded which of these camps during WWII

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Both

11.

Incarcerated Japanese Americans faced discrimination, racism, and financial struggle when they returned to their "homes."

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The definition of yellow peril is:

a)

racist color metaphor that represents Asian people as dangerous.

b)

The color yellow is scary

c)

yellow means danger

d)

yellow means slow down

13.

In what year did they start closing the Japanese Internment camps?

a)

1948

b)

1949

c)

1947

d)

1945

14.

Some interned Americans fought in the armed forces during World War 2.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What does Issei mean?

a)

2nd generation Japanese born in the United States

b)

Traitor of Japanese decent

c)

1st Generation born in Japan and immigrated to the U.S.A.

d)

3rd generation born in Internment Camps

16.

Nisei means:

a)

1st generation immigrant from Japan

b)

a traitor of Japanese decent

c)

2nd generation Japanese born in the USA

d)

3rd generation Japanese born in internment camps

17.

How many Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps?

a)

12,000

b)

120,000

c)

100,000

d)

200,000

18.

What was Fred Korematsu arrested for?

a)

Staying at home and not reporting to the internment camps

b)

Giving intelligence to Japan

c)

Aiding the Japanese

d)

Not giving his money and property to the Government

19.

How many internment camps were there?

a)

8

b)

3

c)

20

d)

10

20.

It took until what year for the United States to apologize for the Internment of the Japanese during WWII

a)

1990

b)

2008

c)

1988

d)

1975