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Reviewed on October 28, 2022 | Nonfiction - Middle School To High School
Gr 6 Up—A shameful chapter of American history is put under the microscope in this well-researched examination of the policies, laws, and attitudes that led to Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066. In the fearful frenzy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, decades of accumulated anti-Asian rhetoric made Executive Order 9066 possible, with the order sending thousands of people of Japanese descent into military-patrolled concentration camps where they had little privacy, few possessions, and no access to their propert...Log In or Sign Up to Read More