Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class

Unit 12 - Diplomacy and War: 1920-1945

AP LESSON 15 Questions

1. A 1980 Congressional Commission studied the causes for Japanese-American internment during World War II. The commission identified three causes to explain the United States planning and carrying out an unjust, unconstitutional program: racial prejudice, war hysteria, and failure of political leadership. Cite evidence from Handout 17 that are relevant to those causes. 12 points

2. The Supreme Court decision in 1944 upholding the constitutionality of the internment order was not unanimous, and the explications of the judges' decisions are somewhat contradictory. What reasons might have made them reluctant to find internment illegal? 4 points

3. Write a SHORT (1-2 paragraph) essay answering the following question: Was sufficient knowledge available in the early 1940s to enable people generally to recognize evacuation and internment of Japanese-Americans as an unjust consequence of racial prejudice, war hysteria, and failure of political leadership? 8 points

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