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United States
(1919) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) show that civil liberties are
1. considered more important than 3. affected by state laws
military goals
2. not guaranteed to immigrants 4. limited in certain situations
44. Base your answer on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
"Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or his
race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the
... authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper
security measures."
--Justice Hugo Black
Korematsu v. United States, 1944
45. The United States Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944)
concerned
1. restricting freedom of the press 3. limiting civil liberties during
wartime
2. the president's right to use atomic 4. the right of women to serve in
weapons military combat
46. In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that
wartime conditions justified the
1. use of women in military combat 3. limitations placed on civil liberties
2. ban against strikes by workers 4. reduction in the powers of the
president
47. Which wartime policy toward Japanese Americans was upheld by the Supreme
Court in its 1944 ruling in Korematsu v. United States?
1. deportation to Japan 3. denial of voting rights
2. mandatory military service 4. confinement in internment camps
48. The rulings of the supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v.
Ferguson (1896), and Korematsu v. United States (1944) all demonstrated that the
Supreme Court has
1. continued to extend voting rights to 3. sometimes failed to protect the
minorities rights of minorities
2. protected itself from internal 4. often imposed restrictions on free
dissent speech during wartime
49. The decision of the Supreme Court in Korematsu v.United States (1944) upheld
the power of the president during wartime to
1. ban terrorists from entering the 3. stop mistreatment of resident legal
country aliens
2. limit a group's civil liberties 4. deport persons who work for
enemy nations
50. In Korematsu v. United States (1944), the Supreme Court said that the removal of
Japanese Americans from their homes was constitutional because
1. most Japanese Americans were not 3. this type of action was necessary
United States citizens during a national emergency
2. many Japanese Americans refused 4. there was strong evidence of
to serve in the United States Armed significant Japanese sabotage on the
Forces West Coast