Question

Which statement highlights the most likely reason why President Roosevelt issued an executive order that led to the forced imprisonment of Japanese Americans?

A.President Roosevelt was concerned that the Japanese Americans would be attacked by other Americans who were angry about Pearl Harbor.
B. A belief that America’s national security was at stake after the attack at Pearl Harbor from suspected collusion between Japanese Americans and the Japanese military.
C.Japanese Americans felt guilty about the attack at Pearl Harbor and volunteered to be imprisoned as an atonement for their home country’s actions D.Japan requested that their dual citizens be isolated to ensure that American ideals would not be spread to their population

Answer 1

The president was suspicious about the Japanese and American Japanese collaboration with each other.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This order stated that any or all citizens who live in specific "military areas" may be moved as deemed "necessary" or "desirable." In this case, Japanese-American citizens were seen as ones that the American military desired to move. This is because the American government feared that Japanese-American citizens would reach out to the Japanese military/government to inform them of America's next move. This sense of paranoia caused hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American citizens to live in internment camps during World War II.