End of the War in the Pacific

Question 1

How did the US change the government of Japan after World War II?

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It created a democratic government.

Question 2

During the US occupation of Japan after World War II, Japan’s military was

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dismantled by the US military.

Question 3

What was the result of the Trinity Test in 1945?

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Scientists realized how powerful the nuclear bomb was.

Question 4

Changes made by the United States after World War II affected the agricultural system in Japan by

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allowing farmers to buy the land they farmed.

Question 5

Which caused the US Army to take over the atomic research project being conducted at Columbia University in the early 1940s?

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the US entry into World War II

Question 6

What was a concern of some scientists after the Manhattan Project?

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With Germany defeated, they did not think there was a need for an atomic weapon.

Question 7

Although Leo Szilard conducted the first atomic research, he was opposed to

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dropping atomic bombs on Japan.

Question 8

A result of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that

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Japan surrendered within a few days.

Question 9

How did the goals of MacArthur affect Japan’s economy in the decades following World War II?

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Japan became one of the world’s strongest economies.

End of the War in the Pacific Answers