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Sparked many diverging opinions about how the Japanese should be treated. Many believed that this case/the decision was unconstitutional and many others believed that this was justifiable.

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The order
caused anyone of japanese descent (regardless of citizenship) to be transferred from their homes
into Internment camps.

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This verdict declared the "constitutionality" of the Japanese relocation camps.
In 1988, the United States government apologized for its actions and gave $20,000 to each of the camp survivors.

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Korematsu's conviction in late 1944. The majority opinion, written by Justice Hugo Black, upheld the government's right to relocate citizens in the face of wartime emergency.

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The lawsuit was brought by Fred T. Korematsu, a Nisei (an American-born person whose parents were born in Japan) to the Supreme Court.
Korematsu was arrested by the FBI for failing to report for relocation and was convicted in federal court in September 1942.

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Supreme court case where the Supreme Court ruled that an entire race could be labeled a "suspect classification," meaning the government was permitted to deny the Japanese their constitutional rights because of military considerations

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The relocation centers continued to "enforce" this divide between Americans and Japanese. There were many people who continued to look at the Japanese with hatred. In contrast, it also sparked some opinons about how wrong the treatment of the Japanese was.

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There was some violence within the relocation centers. The majority of it though involved people who tried to escape and got shot and killed.

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All of the relocation centers were surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers.

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Each relocation center was its own "town". There were schools, post offices, work facilities, and farmland.

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There was a total of 10 permanent housing camps called Relocation Centers.

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Also impacted German Americans and Italian Americans, but excluded the Pacific Coast (where a lot of Japanese Americans resided)

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Created military zones, gave the Secretary of War ability to authorize to intern Japanese Americans

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He ended up resigning in June of 1942. He was protesting at the time over what he believed was the imprisoning of innocent citizens.

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An organization called the War Relocation Authority was created in March of 1942 to try and make the process a little more efficient. Milton S. Eisenhower from the Department of Agriculture led the organization.

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At first, it was super hectic in America for the Japanese and the relocating process of the Japanese that were in prison camps.

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Signed on February 19, 1942

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Led to a overwhelming hatred of Japanese. Many Americans were suspicious that they were capable of dangerous things.

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It was issued because of the fear for the country's safety and also Japanese-American's safety.

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A presidential executive order issued during WW2 by FDR that sent Japanese ethnic groups to internment camps.

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Many camps started to be used to hold Japanese people that were seen as suspicious.

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Did not specify nationality or ethnic group but led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps

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This order authorized the Secretary of War and the U.S. Armed Forces to declare military areas from which any or all persons may be excluded.