Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation: Questions
Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation: Questions
- If the president issued something like E.O. 9066 today, how might it be received? How might the public respond—and why?
- The text of E.O. 9066 is dense and filled with duplicate phrases. What are some possible reasons for this? Think about the traditional audience of an executive order.
- Does FDR place all the responsibility of implementing E.O. 9066 on the secretary of war and other government entities? Refer to just the text for this one.
- E.O. 9066 never mentions Japanese Americans, but they were the ones directly affected by it. How do we know it's about them?
- FDR knew Japanese Americans didn't pose a security threat to the United States, but he signed E.O. 9066 anyway. Why might he have done that?