Question

Which of these statements best evaluates why President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066?(1 point)
Responses

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

Roosevelt wanted to exchange Japanese American citizens for American prisoners of war held by Germany and Japan.
Roosevelt wanted to exchange Japanese American citizens for American prisoners of war held by Germany and Japan.

Roosevelt wanted to incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry living on the Pacific coast.
Roosevelt wanted to incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry living on the Pacific coast.

Roosevelt wanted to protect the economic interests of Japanese Americans living along 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 the military to designate “exclusion zones” and remove people (primarily Japanese Americans) from those areas for what was presented as military necessity. It was not issued to exchange prisoners or to protect Japanese Americans’ economic interests, though its implementation resulted in mass incarceration.