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  1. What justification for this executive order does President Roosevelt cite?

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    Questions: - What justification for this executive order does President Roosevelt cite?
  2. This document was issued nearly two months after the United States declared war on Japan. What domestic actions does the president as commander in chief authorize in this document?

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    Questions: - This document was issued nearly two months after the United States declared war on Japan. What domestic actions does the president as commander in chief authorize in this document?
  3. What responsibilities does the president designate to assure the protection and care of those affected by this order?

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    Questions: - What responsibilities does the president designate to assure the protection and care of those affected by this order?
  4. Why do you think that a particular ethnic group, such as the Japanese, is never mentioned in this order? Does that omission lessen the impact of the prejudice against them?

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    Questions: - Why do you think that a particular ethnic group, such as the Japanese, is never mentioned in this order? Does that omission lessen the impact of the prejudice against them?
  5. Given the official and legal language of this document, what leeway does the secretary of war have in the treatment of “alien enemies” (par. 5)?

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    Questions: - Given the official and legal language of this document, what leeway does the secretary of war have in the treatment of “alien enemies” (par. 5)?