Answers Mad 2017 Am History B-49 SSTurning Points in the Pacific

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

encouraging farmers to form labor unions.

allowing farmers to buy the land they farmed.

putting farms under government control.

causing crop production to decrease.

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

testing atomic bombs in New Mexico.

dropping atomic bombs on Japan.

testing the atomic bomb on a deserted island.

sending a Naval blockade to force Japan to surrender.

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

assassinating the Japanese emperor.

seeking an immediate peace treaty.

continuing to fight the war the same way.

sending most US troops to Europe.

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

Japan surrendered within a few days.

Japan continued to fight.

Japan launched a counterattack.

Japan repelled a US invasion.

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

It allowed the emperor to gain more power.

It put Japan’s military in charge.

It barred former soldiers from voting.

It created a democratic government.

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

for research on atomic weapons.

for the first atomic bomb test.

to house planes with atomic weapons.

to house scientists from Nazi Germany.

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

Japan struggled to grow for many years.

Japan changed to an agricultural economy.

Japan became one of the world’s strongest economies.

Japan had to rely on the US for economic support.

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

save American lives.

end the war in Europe.

improve relations with China.

improve relations with Russia.

What was the result of the Trinity Test in 1945?

Scientists persuaded the US to use the bomb on Germany.

Japan was convinced to surrender to the Allies.

Scientists realized how powerful the nuclear bomb was.

The US government shut down the Manhattan Project.

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

With Germany defeated, they did not think that Japan would be a threat.

They did not think that Truman was knowledgeable enough about atomic options.

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

They did not think the US had adequate staffing to continue development of weapons.

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