Korematsu v. United States

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Diagram of How the Case Moved Through the Court System
Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion
Key Excerpts from the Dissenting Opinion
Full Text of the Majority Opinion

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Activities
    The Case
Classifying Arguments

Primary Documents: Executive Order 9066

A Question of Loyalty
Presidential Powers in Wartime: Standard level activity
Presidential Powers in Wartime: AP level activity
Cartoon Analysis

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    After the Case
Did the Court Err in Korematsu
Cases in the War Against Terrorism
Fred Korematsu's Obituary


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Additional Resources
Densho: the Japanese American Legacy
Exploring the Japanese American Internment
Virtual Museum of San Francisco: Internment of the Japanese

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