What conclusion about Japanese internment policies can be made after investigating the information on this map?
(1 point)
Responses
A. Japanese Americans were forcibly moved to internment camps located in isolated areas outside of the military exclusion area.
B. Japanese Americans lived in internment camps that held approximately the same number of detainees.
C. Japanese Americans were generally relocated to internment camps that were close to their homes on the Pacific coast.
D. Japanese Americans were forcibly moved to isolated internment camps that were in areas located west of the Mississippi River.
D. Japanese Americans were forcibly moved to isolated internment camps that were in areas located west of the Mississippi River.
Which of these statements best evaluates why President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066?(1 point)
Responses
A. Roosevelt wanted to exchange Japanese American citizens for American prisoners of war held by Germany and Japan.
B. Roosevelt wanted to protect the economic interests of Japanese Americans living along the Pacific coast.
C. Roosevelt wanted to incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry living on the Pacific coast.
D. Roosevelt wanted to create a secure military area along the Pacific coast that was safe from enemy sabotage and attack.
D. Roosevelt wanted to create a secure military area along the Pacific coast that was safe from enemy sabotage and attack.
Which of these statements best analyzes why President Truman decided to abandon the plan to launch an amphibious invasion of Japan in 1945?(1 point)
Responses
A. Truman was more concerned about ending the war in Europe before invading Japan.
B. Truman realized that an invasion of Japan was not possible after U.S. defeats at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
C. Truman realized that the invasion would cost too much money and American lives.
D. Truman was assured that using atomic bombs would result in minimal loss of Japanese civilian lives.
D. Truman was assured that using atomic bombs would result in minimal loss of Japanese civilian lives.
What was an unexpected aftereffect of dropping the bomb?(1 point)
Responses
A. It would be considered a controversial decision for years to come.
B. Millions of people died from radiation poisoning.
C. Civilians would die.
D. Cities were leveled.
A. It would be considered a controversial decision for years to come.
What nation had a vested interest in how the U.S. ended World War II?(1 point)
Responses
A. Canada
B. Germany
C. the Soviet Union
D. Great Britain