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Primary Sources: Harold Ickes' Letter to Roosevelt on Japanese Internment

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Harold Ickes' Letter to Roosevelt on Japanese Internment. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: Harold Ickes' Letter to Roosevelt on Japanese Internment. Then answer the questions below.
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Question 1
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What historical question does this source BEST help to answer?

Question 2
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What solutions does Roosevelt propose to address the issues in the internment camps? Select two correct answers.

Question 3
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Drag each quote into the correct box. According to the source, which quote is given as justification for internment?

  • "I have your letter of April 13th calling to my attention that the Japanese-Americans in relocation centers are becoming embittered."
  • "Like you I regret that military necessity has imposed the burden of evacuation and detention upon these people."
  • "The result has been the turning of thousands of well-meaning and loyal Japanese into angry prisoners."
  • Reason for internment
  • Not a reason for internment