Within two months of the United States' entrance into World War II,President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 suspending the civil rights of and authorizing the internment of

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Executive Order 9066, signed by President Roosevelt in 1942, authorized the internment of both alien residents and American citizens of Japanese ancestry, leading to the forced relocation and incarceration of about 120,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were American citizens.

Within Two Months of the United States' Entrance into World