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Date: 1944Korematsu v. United States  

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  • Supreme Court case that upheld President Franklin D. Roosevelt's (1933–1945) decision to detain Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II (1939–1945). Forty years later, Congress would issue a formal apology to the detainees and their families for their treatment during the war. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Korematsu v. United States]

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  • Date: 1943
  • Date: 1944

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F9SFZH05-B

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