Japanese Internment Camps

Japanese Americans were interned as a result of what major event?

• Germany invading Poland

• Pearl Harbor

• The Appeasement Policy

• the death of Franklin Roosevelt

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What was the government act that sent Japanese Americans to the internment camps?

• Executive Order 255

• Executive Order 9066

• Executive Order 99

• Defcon 4

Japanese Americans had plenty of time to get their stuff packed before they were taken to the camps

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Where were most of the Internment Camps

• South

• North

• East Coast

• West Coast

What percentage of Japanese people put in internment camps were U.S. citizens?

• 1/3 (33%)

• 1/1 (100%)

• 2/3 (66%)

• 1/4 (25%)

Where is Pearl Harbor?

• Japan
• Hawaii
• Atlantic Ocean
• China

During World War II, some Japanese Americans had to live in a(n) _______________.

• ration
• mobilization area
• civil defense
• internment camp

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Norman Y. Mineta made his speech 'Why We Must Never Forget' on

• 20 February 1992

• 15 February 1992

• 15 February 1991

• 13 February 1991

The camps were surrounded by guards who were there to

• protect the Japanese Americans inside

• stop anyone from coming into the camp

• stop anyone from leaving the camp