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title: "Why did FDR intern tens of thousands of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during the war?"  
description: "Why did FDR intern tens of thousands of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during the war?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-10-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51135/why-did-fdr-intern-tens-of-thousands-of-japanese-and-japanese-americans-during-the-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did FDR intern tens of thousands of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during the war? 

Why did [FDR](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42868/what-political-party-was-fdr) intern [tens of thousands](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86374/imminent-volcano-eruption-iceland-shaken-by-tens-of-thousands-of-tremors-in-one-week) of [Japanese](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86822/effective-japanese-techniques-to-prevent-overthinking) and Japanese-Americans during the war? \
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