War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

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 2

The new Japanese constitution after World War II contained a clause that

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prevented Japan from having or using an army.

Question 3

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 4

Who was in charge of US forces in Japan following World War II?

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General MacArthur

Question 5

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 6

Supporters of using the atomic bomb against Japan believed it would

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save American lives.

Question 7

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 8

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

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It created a democratic government.

Question 9

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.

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