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What led the federal government to authorize the detention of US citizens of Japanese ancestry during the 1940s?
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What led the federal government to authorize the

detention of US citizens of Japanese ancestry
during the 1940s?

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Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066, issued on February 19, 1942, which allowed regional military commanders to designate "military areas" from which "any or all persons may be excluded."
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