Executive Order 9066
Who issued this order?
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
True or False: The internees set up churches, farms, and newspapers to create a sense of community.
True
What was the more common name/nickname of this regiment?
The Nisei Regiment
80th
What event caused a national fear of Japanese Americans?
Pearl Harbor
What were the temporary detention centers called?
Assembly Centers
What were camps surrounded by?
Barbed wire
second generation
What U.S. senator served in the Nisei Regiment?
Daniel Inouye
People feared that Japanese Americans were _____
spies
How many Japanese Americans were forced into camps?
120,000
Where did prisoners sleep and eat?
Barracks and long mess halls
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was the most __________ regiment in U.S. history.
decorated
The 442nd Infantry Regiment fought for the United States to prove what?
Their loyalty and worth
What did Executive Order 9066 do?
Forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps-considered a national threat
How many days notice did Japanese Americans have to move out of their houses?
6 days
What did the barracks not have?
Running water
1944-1946
Congress did what in 1988 as reparations for how the Japanese Americans were treated?
Formally apologized, $20,000 each to over 80,000 Japanese Americans, Passed Civil Liberties Act
When was Executive Order 9066 issued?
(Month and year)
February 19, 1942
Name at least 2 of the internment camps
Manzanar, Topaz, Tule Lake, Poston, Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Rohwer, Jerome
What jobs for Japanese Americans in the camps had to be watched over and directed by white people?
Hospital jobs, nurses, dentists, doctors
What award did Daniel Inouye receive?
Medal of Honor
What was the Nisei Regiment's motto?
Go for broke