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Ten war relocation centers were built in remote deserts, plains, and swamps of seven states; Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Manzanar, located in the Owens Valley of California between the Sierra Nevada on the west and the Inyo mountains on the east, was typical in many ways of the 10 camps.


Which best identifies the main idea of this passage?

AThe relocation centers were all modeled after Manzanar.

BThe relocation centers were hastily built.

CThe relocation centers were all fairly small.

DThe relocation centers were crowded.

Can someone help please?

Verified Answer :

The answer is: B) The relocation centers were hastily built.

After Pearl Harbor attack in World War II all the Japanese Americans were sent to Manzanar, the were incarcerated in this concentration camp, all the ten concentration camps were built hastily in order to relocate all of them fast under the request made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to avoid anyone who might threaten the war effort.

Answer:

The relocation Centers were all fairly similar.

Explanation: Took the test. This is the right answer.