Question

What false cause argument led to the internment of Japanese American citizens during World War II?

Coded messages had been sent to Japan; citizens of Japanese ancestry must have sent them.
Japanese Americans betrayed their country because they secretly hated America.
Their Japanese ancestry would lead Japanese Americans to side with the enemy.
Americans’ anger at Japan would lead to crimes against innocent Japanese Americans​

Answer 1

Their Japanese ancestry would lead Japanese Americans to side with the enemy.

Step-by-step explanation:

This racist notion was present and acknowledged as the reasoning behind the internment of Japanese Americans in the later statements from US government employees.