Rebuilding Japan after WWII 2022

What lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the Pacific?

• US dropped atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities.

• Russia defeated the Japanese in North Korea.

• Japan dropped atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor Naval base.

• United States agreed to help rebuild Japan

How did the United States and Japan become enemies?

• Japan attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941

• The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan in 1941

• Japan invaded Poland whom the United States had an alliance with

• Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany, which the United States was at war with.

How could Japan be describe immediately after WWII?

• devastated with widespread destruction

• powerful with newly gained territory

• economically powerful with a weak military

• strong military strength with a weak economy

What form of government did General MacArthur establish for Japan after WWII?

• Constitutional Monarchy (Parliamentary Democracy)

• Presidential Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Communist Oligarchy

What was the role of the Emperor in the new government of Japan after WWII?

• Symbolic Figurehead (Head of State)

• Head of Government

• Autocratic Dictator

• Removed from all involvement

What were "Japanese Reparations"?

• paying for damages they caused during WWII

• rebuilding their economy after WWII

• rebuilding their military after WWII

• Being assisted by the United States after WWII

On this date, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor Japan killing over 2400 people many US battleships and airplanes were destroyed.

• December 7th, 1950

• December 7th, 1941

• April 1, 2001

• August 2, 1957

Because of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, this happened

• Germany cut all ties with Japan

• Japan surrendered to great Britain

• Hawaii became a state

• the United States declared war on Japan thus entering WWII

During WWII, Japanese pilots that crashed their planes into the allies ships were called this

• kamikaze pilots

• Suzuki pilots

• Teriyaki Pilots

• Kung fu pilots

Which island in the Pacific Ocean was invaded by the Allied forces that was a very important place for Japan

• Hawaii Islands

• Iwo Jima

• Philippines

• Maui