Japanese American Internment
Timeline Questions
Name Period
1.
What did the California Alien Land law do? (Hint 1913, 1920)
Date
2.
What was the meaning of the Ozawa v. U.S. decision? (Hint: What is naturalization?)
3.
Why the references to the Nazi Holocaust? (Hint: Compare)
4.
What would you classify as a “dangerous” enemy aliens?
5.
How many people of Japanese ancestry were living in the 48 states?
6.
What did the gvernemtn begin to do in November of 1941, one month prior to the beginning of the war?
7.
Four days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor what had the government done?
8.
When was the first suggestion made to control all people of Japanese ancestry and who made that suggestion?
9.
What was the general mood of government during January of 1942?
10.
What was Executive Order 9066?
11.
Who was selected to carry out the order?
12.
What government agency was responsible for internment?

13.
On average how much time was given people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes?
14.
What would you bring with you based on the same restrictions placed on them?
15.
Summarize the experiences of Minoru Yasui.
16.
How did people of Japanese ancestry respond to the internment?
17.
What was the irony of the internment as far as military service goes?
18.
When did the government end the internment and allow them to go home?
19.
What happened to the Alien Land law?
20.
Why do you suppose it took so long for the courts to respond the treatment of people of Japanese ancestry?