What year did President Roosevelt decide to allow Japanese Americans to serve in an entirely Japanese-American battalion, the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team?
1943
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What signed the Executive Order (9066) that created the internment camps.
President Roosevelt
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What time was curfew in Hawaii?
6:00 P.M.
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Why did many Japanese-American families sell their homes, their stores, and most of their assets.
They did this because they were not certain their homes and jobs would still be there upon their return.
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What was the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team's motto?
"Go for Broke!”
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What is number of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated?
127,000
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Residents and businesses could not hold more than ____ cash.
$200
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Name two ways the army censored Japanese-Americans in Hawaii.
The army censored the press, temporarily closed Japanese language newspapers, radio broadcasts and transmissions, long-distance telephone calls and cables, and all civilian mail.
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The troops in the 442nd Regiment fought in eight major campaigns in which countries?
Italy, France, and Germany
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Until the camps were completed, many of the evacuees were held in temporary centers. What type of structures were these temporary centers?
Stables at local racetracks.
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Military courts replaced the civil courts and military law was the law of the land for only military personnel. True or False?
False. Military courts replaced the civil courts and military law was the law of the land for military personnel AND CIVILIANS.
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The 442nd regiment lost more than how many troops as they liberated 211 men of the Texan Lost Battalion.
800 troops
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The regiments greatest victory came in what battle?
Their rescue of the “Lost Battalion” in Southern France
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Almost two-thirds of the internees were Nisei. What does Nisei mean.
Japanese Americans born in the United States
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Public schools were allowed to reopen after two months following the Pearl Harbor attack. Why were schools, however, only open four days a week?
So children could work in plantation fields.
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The 442nd Regiment was made up of how many troops?
4,500 troops
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For their valor the 442nd Regiment has been recognized as the most decorated unit in American history. They earned more than how many awards?
18,000 awards
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Name 2 out of the 4 groups who pressured Roosevelt into incarcerating Japanese-Americans.
farmers seeking to eliminate Japanese competition, a public fearing sabotage, politicians hoping to gain by standing against an unpopular group, and military authorities
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Why was a blackout enforced in Hawaii?
The military ordered a strictly enforced nighttime blackout to make sure invading Japanese forces would not have any city lights to guide them in an attack.
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Officials confiscated more than _____ acres of land for military use.