Europe and Japan in Ruins

An international organization founded in 1945 and committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

• League of Nation
• Negro League
• United League of Peace
• United Nations

When did WWII end?

• 1939

• 1942

• 1944

• 1945

Near the end of WWII, what country did the United States military drop atomic bombs on?

• China

• Germany

• Japan

• The Soviet Union

Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.

• Nuremberg Trials
• Scopes Trials

Who made the difficult decision to use atomic weapons against Japan?

• President Roosevelt

• President Truman

• Hitler

• Mussolini

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

What did the governments of the United States and Japan agree to do at the end of WWII?

• work together to rebuild Japan

• work together to defeat the Nazis

• work together to defeat the Russians

• stop the spread of Communism into Asia

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 the relationship between the United States and Japan be described after WWII?

• strong relationship economically, politically, and militarily

• weak relationship economically, politically, and militarily

• strong economic relationship but at odds militarily

• weak economic relationship but strong political and military relationship

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