Analyze Japanese American incarceration 1942-46 as constitutional violation: Executive Order 9066 + Korematsu v. United States 1944 + Civil Liberties Act of 1988 redress
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.s.ex_18
Matching
Prompt
Match each item to the correct date or category: (a) Executive Order 9066; (b) Korematsu v. United States; (c) Civil Liberties Act of 1988; (d) Trump v. Hawaii (Korematsu disavowal dicta); (e) Korematsu coram nobis exoneration.
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Answer criteria
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matching
correct
- a
- Feb 19 1942 FDR
- b
- 323 U.S. 214 (1944) Black majority
- c
- Aug 10 1988 Reagan signed + $20,000 redress per surviving incarceree + presidential apology
- d
- 138 S. Ct. 2392 (2018) Roberts CJ
- e
- 1983 Judge Marilyn Patel ND Cal vacated 1944 conviction (Solicitor General Fahy concealed evidence of no military necessity)
Hints
- E.O. 9066 authorized exclusion zones; Public Law 503 March 21 1942 criminalized.
- Korematsu's 1983 coram nobis preceded Civil Liberties Act 1988 by 5 years.
Misconceptions to watch
- Using 'internment' instead of 'incarceration'
- Treating Korematsu 1944 as still-good law
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