Question

On what grounds did the Supreme Court uphold the constitutionality of the limiting the rights of Japanese Americans during World War II?
A) Japanese Americans were not citizens.
B) The loss of rights was only temporary.
C) The United States was at war with Germany.
D) National security was potentially threatened.

Answer 1

D. National security was potentially threatened

During WWII Franklin Roosevelt ordered the detaining of the Japanese living in America regardless of their citizenship status. The Japanese were chastised by the American people are removed from their homes and placed in internment camps in the Western interior of the country. More that 100,000 Japanese, who were mostly from the West Coast were imprisoned because there was a widespread fear that they would betray the US after the Japanese government attacked Pearl Harbor.

Answer 2

Answer: D) National security was potentially threatened.

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