Japanese Internment State CBA Assessment
Opener-- How important is national security? Do you think that individual freedoms should be sacrificed in the name of safety for Americans? What rights would you be willing to sacrifice in order for the safety of Americans? What freedoms would you be unwilling to sacrifice? Explain your reasoning.
December 7, 1941-- “. . . A day that will live in infamy”
• U.S. servicemen killed 2,341• U.S. civilians killed 49• American ships sunk/damaged 18• American planes destroyed/damaged 292
• No declaration of war had been made between the United States and Japan
Executive Order 9066• President Roosevelt
issued the order in 1942
• Claims of potential sabotage
• Over 100,000 interned
Court Cases• Korematsu v. United
States (’44)– Fred Korematsu refused
to relocate– Changed physical
appearance• Endo v. United States
(‘44)– Was interned– Approached by Civil
Liberties Lawyer
Question
• Was Executive Order 9066 justified?
– Constitutionally– Militarily– Morally/Socially
Washington State CBA
Document Based QuestionEssay due Tuesday at the beginning of classResults are sent to OSPI and VPS Office
Write a thesis statement• Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Executive
Order 9066 (order to relocate people of Japanese ancestry militarily justified?