Question

13. In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that wartime conditions justified the

a. use of women in military combat
b. ban against strikes by workers
c. limitations placed on civil liberties
d. reduction in the powers of the president

Answer 1

Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation:

Korematsu vs United States ruled that the internment of Japanese Americans was legal because of the threat they could possibly pose to the war effort against the Japanese. Women and labor weren’t the focus of the case. Also, the case ruled in favor of FDR’s policies arguably granting him more power and the presidency.

Answer 2

c. limitations placed on civil liberties.

In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The Court ruled that the need to protect against espionage and sabotage during wartime justified the limitations placed on the civil liberties of Japanese Americans, even though such actions were based on race and ethnicity. The decision has been widely criticized as a betrayal of American values and a violation of the Constitution's protections of individual rights and liberties.