Author Question: Executive Order 9066 a. called for the exclusion of Japanese nationals from military areas. b. ... (Read 58 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Executive Order 9066

a. called for the exclusion of Japanese nationals from military areas.
b. authorized the Secretary of War to designate military areas from which any person could be excluded.
c. was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in several cases brought by Japanese Americans during the war.
d. was strongly opposed by the California congressional delegation.

Question 2

Within a few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all of the following took place except

a. California newspapers supported Governor Olson's position that Japanese and Japanese Americans were treacherous and potentially dangerous, calling for the arrest of their leaders and considering house arrest for all people of Japanese ancestry.
b. The FBI searched the homes of Japanese and Japanese Americans, looking for weapons and communications tools, but found nothing that was used for subversive purposes.
c. The FBI found evidence showing that some Japanese were spying for the Japanese government.
d. General DeWitt, head of the Western Defense Command, issued a recommendation for the evacuation of Japanese from the Pacific Coast as an enemy race..