In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court 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, arguing that the need to protect the country from potential threats outweighed individual rights in that context.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court determine in the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States?(1 point)
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The threat to national security had been reduced enough to close the Japanese internment camps.
The threat to national security had been reduced enough to close the Japanese internment camps.
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.
National security was more important than the civil rights of a specific ethnic group.
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