Question

Which of these statements best evaluates why President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066?
Roosevelt wanted to exchange Japanese American citizens for American prisoners of war held by Germany and Japan.
Roosevelt wanted to protect the economic interests of Japanese Americans living along the Pacific coast.
Roosevelt wanted to create a secure military area along the Pacific coast that was safe from enemy sabotage and attack.
Roosevelt wanted to incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry living on the Pacific coast.

Answer 1

"Roosevelt wanted to create a secure military area along the Pacific coast that was safe from enemy sabotage and attack."

Explanation: Executive Order 9066 authorized military authorities to establish exclusion zones for national-security reasons; it was justified as protecting the coast from espionage and sabotage and led to the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.