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What is Executive Order 9066? Japanese American Internment/Relocation.

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1 What is Executive Order 9066? Japanese American Internment/Relocation

2 Japanese internment/relocation Is internment the same definition as imprisonment? Is internment the same definition as imprisonment? Internment--- forced relocation. Internment--- forced relocation. Why would the U.S. force 119,000 people of Japanese ancestry to live in forced camps during the 1940’s? Why would the U.S. force 119,000 people of Japanese ancestry to live in forced camps during the 1940’s? Out of fear! Out of fear!

3 Location of camps Why was the Japanese American population located primary on the west coast from states like California, Oregon, and Washington? Why was the Japanese American population located primary on the west coast from states like California, Oregon, and Washington?

4 Guantanamo Bay The detainees currently held as of June 2008 have been classified by the United States as "enemy combatants" The detainees currently held as of June 2008 have been classified by the United States as "enemy combatants"enemy combatantsenemy combatants Supreme Court ruled detainees at Guantanamo have a basic constitutional right of due process. Supreme Court ruled detainees at Guantanamo have a basic constitutional right of due process. Supreme Court Supreme Court

5 Guantanamo Bay detainees reported that 6 of the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility would be tried for conspiracy in the September 11, 2001 attacks reported that 6 of the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility would be tried for conspiracy in the September 11, 2001 attacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacks Of the 505 detainees, 100 or more are from Saudi Arabia, about 80 from Yemen, about 65 from Pakistan, about 50 from Afghanistan and two from Syria Of the 505 detainees, 100 or more are from Saudi Arabia, about 80 from Yemen, about 65 from Pakistan, about 50 from Afghanistan and two from SyriaSaudi ArabiaYemenPakistanSyriaSaudi ArabiaYemenPakistanSyria


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