End of the War in the Pacific

Question 1

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

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dismantled by the US military.

Question 2

The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was built by the US government in the early 1940s as a site

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for research on atomic weapons.

Question 3

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

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It created a democratic government.

Question 4

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 5

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

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dropping atomic bombs on Japan.

Question 6

Which statement best describes the Manhattan Project during World War II?

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It was a large project that employed many people at several sites across the United States.

Question 7

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

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save American lives.

Question 8

A strategy President Truman and his advisers considered to end World War II was

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continuing to fight the war the same way.

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.

Question 10

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.

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