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Reading comprehension questions about Norman Mineta and Japanese Internment based on the Scholastic site

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1
How many people who were taken to camps were American citizens?
100%
50%
70%
25%
2
What did Norman later become?
Mayor of Heart Mountain, Wyoming
Governor of California
President of the JACL
Mayor of San Jose, California
3
What was the JACL?
Japanese Airforce Combat Legion
Japanese Assistance Corrections League
Japanese American Citizen's League
Japanese Axis Cooperation League
4
What did Norman and his friend get in trouble for?
Sledding
Ice skating
Playing baseball
Talking back to officers
5
How did Norman feel about being put in the camps looking back?
Bitter and angry
Embarrassed
Happy
Not bitter
6
How big were the living quarters in the camps?
25 x 25
15 x 5
15 x 20
10 x 10
7
What benefits came later on from having the camps?
Helped create big cities
People got scholarships
Irrigation projects helped others start their own ranches
Helped them get jobs
8
Norman Mineta helped pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which
Offered an apology and gave $20,000 to survivors
Gave Japanese the right to vote
Offered an apolgy
Gave survivors $5,000
9
What internment camp was Norman's family taken to?
Heart Mountain, Wyoming
Minions, Idaho
Topaz, Utah
Manzanar, California
10
What did the Japanese people who did not agree with the camps do to those who went along?
Started barracks on fire
Broke out of the camps
Threatened them with knives
Threw rocks in windows