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Using evidence from the opinions of the Korematsu v. the United States case, write a letter to be read on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explains why the U.S. government issued this apology and payments to the survivors of the internment camps.

Korematsu v. the United States (1944)   Use the background information and the primary sources in the Graded Assignment: Primary Sources sheet to answer the following questions. 1. What did Fred T. Korematsu do that resulted in his arrest and conviction? 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts of the majority opinion, what […]