Question

Japanese Americans were forced to move to internment camps in the West because:
A.Congress passed a law declaring all Japanese Americans threats to national security.
B. war hysteria and racism moved President Roosevelt to issue an executive order.

C. sabotage and espionage by Japanese Americans was a major problem on the West Coast.
D. civil unrest in Western cities immediately after Pearl Harbor had placed Japanese Americans at risk.
E. they weren't citizens.

Answer 1

It was definitely (B) war hysteria and racism moved President Roosevelt to issue an executive order.

The order allowed military commanders to designate critical areas that they felt needed to be protected from potential threats from anyone thought to be dangerous. Unfortunately, they focused primarily on Japanese-Americans, especially on the West Coast, and decided to force them from their businesses and homes and place them in internment camps.

Answer 2

The other answers don't work. Congress didn't pass a law declaring Japanese Americans enemies of the state. Nor was it to protect them from civil unrest after Pearl Harbor. Sabotage and espionage by Japanese-Americans was never a real threat on the West coast, or anywhere else in the United States. And the worst part is that most if not everyone placed in those internment camps were American citizens.

Answer 3

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