This Day in History Class
This Day in History Class
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 - Feb. 19, 1942
8 minutes Posted Feb 19, 2019 at 2:00 am.
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On this day in 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized military commanders to prescribe certain areas as "military zones," which made it legal to incarcerate Japanese Americans in US concentration camps.

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