Exercises about concentration camps in the United States

In the first half of the 20th century, the United States saw the considerable growth of its Japanese-American community. With the beginning of the conflict between the United States and Japan, this community began to suffer intense persecution. In which part of the United States was this population of Japanese origin concentrated?

a) South Central United States.

b) East Coast.

c) Southern United States.

d) West Coast and Hawaii.

e) Alaska and Hawaii.

The order that determined the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps in the United States was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. What was the name of this order signed by this American president?

a) Executive Order 9066.

b) Order of Pearl Harbor.

c) Pearl Harbor Executive Order.

d) Order Pearl Harbor 9066.

e) War Relocation Order.

As soon as the concentration camps in the United States were built, their administration was handed over to an institution that was called:

a) Immigration Affairs Authority.

b) League of Japanese American Citizens.

c) War Relocation Authority.

d) Federal Bureau of Investigation.

e) Central Intelligence Agency.

Japanese American citizens, who had been imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II, were years later compensated for their time in prison and also received a formal apology granted by the US government . This happened during the government of:

a) John F. Kennedy

b) Lyndon Johnson

c) Jimmy Carter

d) Ronald Reagan

e) George Bush

Letter D

Most of the Japanese-American community that settled in the US inhabited the West Coast of the United States (mainly California) and Hawaii. This is mainly due to the geographical proximity of these two regions to Japan.

Letter A

The order, signed on February 19, 1942 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which authorized the arrest of citizens by the army became known as Executive Order 9066. Japanese American citizens to military protection areas.

Letter C

The War Relocation Authority (its acronym in English was WRA, corresponding to War Relocation Authority ) was officially created in March 1942, following Executive Order 9102, and, during its years of existence, was led by two directors:Milton Eisenhower and Dillon S. Myer. The WRA was responsible for the administration of all ten concentration camps that were created in different parts of the United States.

Letter D

The compensation granted to Japanese-American survivors of imprisonment in concentration camps was the result of years of work by institutions that fought for the rights of these citizens of Japanese origin. During Ronald Reagan's administration, all survivors received a formal apology from the US government, as well as a cash compensation of $20,000.