What was the impact of president roosevelt’s approval of executive order 9066?

The impact of President Roosevelt's approval of Executive Order 9066 was the internment of approximately 120,000 Japanese and thousands of Germans and Italians in concentration camps. This famous decree was applied during the Second World War, the goal of it was to permit the United States to protect itself from espionage or sabotage within its territory.

In the arrested Japanese, more than 62% were born in the United States and the rest were Japanese living in Japan. The Japanese were the vast majority of people targeted by Executive Order 9066, the number of Germans and Italians affected was quite low.

These discriminatory measures against foreign populations began in March 1942 with bans to go out at night or more than 5 miles away from home. Not long after that, internment in the camps began.

The camps were located in the American West, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado. Living conditions varied from place to place but it seems that there were not many serious problems during this period, except the November Incident at Tule Lake camp. It was a revolt of the internees against the military authorities.

President Truman gradually freed the prisoners between 1944 and 1945 and it was only in 1988 that the US Congress apologized to the foreigners sent to these camps.

Grade: 9 - 12

Subject: History

Chapter: The United States in World War II (The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force)

Keywords: World War II, Japanese in the United States, executive order 9066, Manzanar, Tule Lake