Rebuilding Japan

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 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

Who was General Douglas MacArthur

• US Military Officer in charge of rebuilding Japan after WWII

• US Military Officer responsible for the surrender of the Nazis

• British military officer in charge of repairing relations between US and Japan

• Russian military officer responsible for planning Japanese reparations to China

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

Why did the United States play a MAJOR role in rebuilding Japan after World War II?

• to turn an enemy into an ally and to create a more democratic Japan

• to form an alliance with Japan that would work against communist China

• to place American-owned businesses throughout Japan and control its economy

• to prevent Vietnam from becoming the dominant country in the post-war region

How did the use of atomic bombs impact the outcome of WWII? 

• Germany was forced to surrender.
• Italy was forced to surrender.
• The Soviet Union was forced to surrender. 
• Japan was forced to surrender.

A name given to the constitution that was written by an American general after WWII for Japan.

• Mahatma Constitution
• Zedong Constitution
• MacArthur Constitution