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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the first mass removal of the Japanese-Americans begin?

2. What type of berries grew in the backyard of the home where the Uchida girls grew up?

3. How many days did the first group of Japanese-Americans removed have to get out of their homes?

4. How old was Dwight’s mother when she married?

5. Approximately how many Japanese were ordered for removal from Military Area Number One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Grandmother Uchida do that showed she was a devout Christian?

2. What were some of the things that Dwight wrote from the camp in Montana and asked his family to do?

3. What was the dominant language in the Uchida home?

4. How did the Uchida women learn where Dwight had been taken?

5. Why was money a major concern after Dwight was detained?

6. What ritual did Yoshiko and her mother complete every morning before school?

7. How was Dolls Festival Day celebrated at the Uchida home?

8. What did the children do while they waited for the adult church service to end?

9. What invalidated the government’s claim that the evacuation of the Japanese from the west coast from a military necessity?

10. What constitutional amendments were ignored during the evacuation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yoshiko believed that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments were ignored when it was decided to remove the Japanese from the West coast. How was it decided to intern the Japanese? Were the Japanese given due process of law? How did the issue of race trump the protections afforded in the Fourteenth Amendment? Why was military expediency allowed to override the constitution? How did a small minority of self-seeking politicians and special interest groups manage to override the constitution?

Essay Topic 2

Tanforan and Topaz became communities for the Japanese-Americans. How long did it take for the internees to start establishing institutions and community activities in the camps? What types of institutions and community activities were established? How did the Japanese-Americans band together? What was it they did they really created a sense of community?

Essay Topic 3

In Tanforan and Topaz, there were climate adjustments that the Uchidas and others had to make. How were the climates different in Berkeley, Tanforan, and Topaz? What physical ailments were caused by the climates in Tanforan and Topaz? Was it more difficult to adjust to one climate than another?

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