Japanese Internment

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Asian racism was rampant in the U.S. dating back to the 19th Century.

• True

• False

Japanese internment during WWII was created by...

• a law passed by Congress.

• a executive order signed by FDR.

• a referendum passed by voters.

Why were Japanese-Americans interned during WWII?

• To draft them into the military.

• To use them as slave labor.

• To prevent acts of sabotage.

• To exterminate them.

To justify internment, Army commanders fabricated of acts of sabotage committed by Japanese-Americans.

• True

• False

Rioting and violence broke out at several interment camps leading to the deaths of several inmates.

• True

• False

German and Italian Americans were also placed in internment camps during WWII.

• True

• False