Executive Order 9102

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Executive Order 9102 was a 1942 directive by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that created the War Relocation Authority to administer the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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instanceOf United States executive order
legal document
administeredBy War Relocation Authority
affectedGroup Japanese Americans
Japanese immigrants in the United States
appliesTo Japanese American residents and citizens in designated military areas
Japanese Americans on the U.S. West Coast
archivedAt National Archives and Records Administration
authorizedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
consequence administrative framework for internment camps
establishment of relocation centers
mass incarceration of Japanese Americans
country United States
createdAgency War Relocation Authority
dateSigned 1942-03-18
documentForm presidential executive order
during World War II
established War Relocation Authority
follows Executive Order 9066
governmentBranch Executive branch of the United States
hasEffectOn civil rights of Japanese Americans
hasNumber 9102
historicalAssessment controversial wartime civil liberties measure
historicalPeriod U.S. home front during World War II
implementedBy War Relocation Authority
issuedByOffice President of the United States
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
language English
legalBasisFor operations of the War Relocation Authority
legalDomain war powers of the U.S. president
legalStatus federal executive order
partOf United States home front policy during World War II
purpose to administer the relocation and internment program for Japanese Americans
to create the War Relocation Authority
relatedEvent forced evacuation from West Coast exclusion zones
operation of War Relocation Authority camps
relatedTo Executive Order 9066
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
signedByParty Democratic Party president
signedInCity Washington, D.C.
subject Japanese American internment
forced relocation of Japanese Americans
wartime civilian control
topic civil liberties in wartime
racial discrimination in the United States
typeOfAction wartime emergency measure
year 1942

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