Scenarios about 'Executive Order 9066'
Executive Order 9066 was a presidential decree signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 that authorized the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. This order resulted in approximately 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, being confined to internment camps across the western United States, representing one of the most significant violations of civil liberties in American history.
What If Japanese Americans Were Never Interned?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States government did not authorize the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, fundamentally altering the nation's civil rights trajectory and Japanese American community development.
What If The Japanese Internment Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Executive Order 9066 was never signed, sparing over 120,000 Japanese Americans from incarceration during World War II and fundamentally altering America's civil rights trajectory.