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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Day Of Infamy'

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In the article “Japanese American Internment,” the author develops the central theme well over the course of the text. First, the author begins by using an excerpt from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech to describe the Japanese attacks and, ultimately, the cause for Japanese American internment. As a result of this, “the president issued Executive Order 9066 … [which] authorized the evacuation and relocation of ‘any and all persons’ from ‘military areas.’” Next, the author describes the relocation process and life in the internment camps. The text states, “The relocation process was confusing, frustrating, and frightening.” In the next section, it tells the reader, “These hardships continued when internees reached their
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