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?