How Did Franklin D Roosevelt Authorize Japanese Internment

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The Japanese Americans were put in to camps because japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in “The morning of December 7, 1941”. (World War II) when japan bombed Pearl Harbor 2,402 Americans were killed in the attack. 30 min later the president of the United States of America declared war on japan. The president at the time was franklin Roosevelt when America declared war. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Authorizes Japanese Internment) when japan bombed Pearl Harbor it made America go in to World War

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