Question
What did the U.S. Supreme Court determine in the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States?(1 point)
Responses
National security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group.
National security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group.
Protecting the civil rights of a specific ethnic group was more important than maintaining national security.
Protecting the civil rights of a specific ethnic group was more important than maintaining national security.
Japanese internment was formally condemned by the Supreme Court as a violation of civil rights.
Japanese internment was formally condemned by the Supreme Court as a violation of civil rights.
The threat to national security had been reduced enough to close the Japanese internment camps.
Responses
National security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group.
National security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group.
Protecting the civil rights of a specific ethnic group was more important than maintaining national security.
Protecting the civil rights of a specific ethnic group was more important than maintaining national security.
Japanese internment was formally condemned by the Supreme Court as a violation of civil rights.
Japanese internment was formally condemned by the Supreme Court as a violation of civil rights.
The threat to national security had been reduced enough to close the Japanese internment camps.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, determined that national security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group. The Court upheld the government's decision to intern Japanese Americans during World War II, ruling that the need to protect against espionage outweighed Fred Korematsu's individual rights.