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The United States declares war on Japan
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
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Exclusion Order No. 34346 confines people of Japanese descent to Relocation Centers
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Korematsu v. United States judges internment constitutional
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Ex parte Endo rules that loyal citizens may not be detained
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Exclusion Order No. 346 is rescinded
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders
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President Gerald Ford rescinds Executive Order 9066
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Jimmy Carter creates the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (passed House 7/21/1980)
Establishes the Commission to: (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation and internment of thousands of American civilians during World War II under E.O. 9066 and the impact of that Order on American citizens and resident aliens; (2) review directives of US military forces requiring the relocation and internment of American citizens, including Aleut civilians and permanent resident aliens of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands; and (3) recommend appropriate remedies. -
The CWRIC issues its findings, stating that the internment was not justified
Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers. Clem Albers, Arcadia, CA, April 5, 1942. (Photo No. 210-G-3B-414) National Archives
Library of Congress sumary -
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988
signed into law by President Ronald Reagan
