Question

In Hawaii, only 1% of Japanese Americans were interned, as opposed to ________ on the mainland.

Answer 1

Answer:

In Hawaii, only 1% of Japanese Americans were interned, as opposed to 90% on the mainland.

Explanation:

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, more than a hundred thousand Japanese Americans were interned in concentration camps in the continental United States.

These Japanese internment camps were established in 1942 by Franklin Roosevelt and lasted until 1945. It was government policy that almost anyone with Japanese descent should be sent to these camps.

The Executive Order 9066 issued by Roosevelt theoretically tried to prevent espionage on American forces. In practice, it created military zones in Washington, Oregon, and California where Japanese Americans were interned. This impacted around 117.000 people.