LAD #35 FDR's Executive Order #9066

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the people of the United States were wary of the Japanese. This included Japanese American citizens. Japanese Americans that were living in the United States were especially prone to suspicious stares. This group of people was seen as a threat to national security because the Japanese were responsible for bombing Pearl Harbor and when one group is responsible for a tragic event people generalize that the whole group or race is responsible. The paranoia and fear that occurred as a result of Pearl Harbor caused the executive order #9066 to be put into action. This order allowed the Secretary of War to construct military areas in which "any or all person may be excluded". FDR gave the decision on who should enter these areas over to the Secretary. The order states the Secretary is authorized to provide food, transportation, shelter, and other accommodations for these groups. He grants the Secretary the power to enforce compliance with these laws and grants them the usage of Federal troops. Although no specific group is mentioned it is heavily implied, especially after the Pearl Harbor attack, that Japanese Americans will be the group that is relocated.