Ethnic Studies pt. 2

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What was the trail of tears?

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The forced removal of Native Americans from their homeland

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True/False : Christopher Columbus treated the Native Americans he encountered with the utmost respect.

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False

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True/False: During the 1940s, Japanese Americans were given a trial, found guilty and were sent to internment camps.

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False

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What was the main reason that explains why the US government decided to jail many Japanese Americans?

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Many Americans thought that there were traitors among the Japanese community

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How long were the Japanese in internment camps?

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4 years

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Both, the Japanese Internment Camps, and the Removal of the Native Americans from their homelands, are examples of when...

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The US government violated human rights

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42 years later after the last of the Japanese left the internment camps, the US government apologized and ___________________.

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gave them $20,000

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What did Japan do that ultimately led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans?

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They surprise attacked a US naval base, Pearl Harbor.

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True/False: Most Japanese Americans were able to leave the internment camps whenever they wanted as long as they paid the soldiers there $500.

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False

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans were scared of the Japanese in their community. What is this called when there is fear of a specific country?

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Xenophobia