World War II internment camps

Definition

World War II internment camps were detention centers where the U.S. government forcibly relocated and detained over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II out of fear that they posed a security threat.

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Executive Order 9066: Executive Order 9066 was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, authorizing the forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.