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Japanese Internment

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/fear/gallery.html. Japanese Internment. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066 in February of 1942. Executive Order No. 9066 empowered the U.S. Army to designate areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded."

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Japanese Internment

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  1. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/fear/gallery.html Japanese Internment

  2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066 in February of 1942. • Executive Order No. 9066 empowered the U.S. Army to designate areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded." • The attack of Pearl Harbor shocked the American public, resulting in widespread hysteria and paranoia.

  3. Those of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast were to be relocated. • Internment refers to the forced imprisonment and relocation of a group of people.

  4. War Relocation Authority(WRA) Centers

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