At the beginning of US entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt—echoing Woodrow Wilson—argued that America must enter the War to protect
freedom. Yet, in January 1942, thousands of Japanese Americans were rounded up and ordered into internment camps for the duration of the War. Why were
American citizens put into camps?
Why did Fred Korematsu resist internment and risk arrest? Koretmatsu's case ended up at the Supreme Court where the majority (8-1) ruled in favor of the
Roosevelt government regarding internment of American citizens. What was the argument against internment by Justice Jackson, the lone justice who defended
Korematsu and Japanese Americans?