What action did Executive Order 9066 authorize?

What action did Executive Order 9066 authorize?

• A. Authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland.
• B. Authorized the construction of a nuclear weapons program on the West Coast.
• C. Established the United Nations.
• D. Provided unemployment benefits to WWII veterans.

Answer: (B)

This question tests understanding of wartime government power and civil liberties during World War II. Executive Order 9066 gave military authorities the power to designate certain areas as military zones and to exclude any people from those zones. That clearance made it possible to forcibly evacuate and relocate individuals of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast to inland internment camps, a drastic action driven by wartime fears rather than individual guilt. So, the action authorized was the removal and relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to internment camps. This is different from building a nuclear weapons program, establishing the United Nations, or providing unemployment benefits to veterans.

This question tests understanding of wartime government power and civil liberties during World War II. Executive Order 9066 gave military authorities the power to designate certain areas as military zones and to exclude any people from those zones. That clearance made it possible to forcibly evacuate and relocate individuals of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast to inland internment camps, a drastic action driven by wartime fears rather than individual guilt.

So, the action authorized was the removal and relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to internment camps. This is different from building a nuclear weapons program, establishing the United Nations, or providing unemployment benefits to veterans.