Understanding Japanese Internment History

What term describes the fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers?

• Internment

• Xenophobia

• Discrimination

• Propaganda

Which term refers to the forced relocation and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II?

• Resettlement

• Internment

• Compensation

• Colony

Who were the first generation of Japanese immigrants to the United States?

• Nisei

• Issei

• Loyal

• Generation

What is the term for the second generation of Japanese Americans, born in the United States to Japanese immigrant parents?

• Issei

• Nisei

• Colony

• Resettlement

Which U.S. President authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

Protects citizens from incrimination, and guarantees a fair trial with due process.

• First Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

What term describes unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice?

• Propaganda

• Discrimination

• Resettlement

• Compensation

What is the term for the process of moving people to a new place to live, often used in the context of Japanese Americans after internment?

• Resettlement

• Compensation

• Colony

• Loyal

Which event led to the increased suspicion and eventual internment of Japanese Americans?

• D-Day

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• Hiroshima

What term refers to the use of information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, to promote a political cause or point of view?

• Propaganda

• Xenophobia

• Discrimination

• Compensation