32.5 – Europe and Japan in Ruins – Flashcards
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Nuremberg Trials
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22 Nazi leaders were charged with waging a war of aggression. They were also accused of committing "crimes against humanity"—the murder of 11 million people.
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Demilitarization
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or disbanding the Japanese armed forces.
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Democratization
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the process of creating a government elected by the people.
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Why did so many Europeans take to the roads and wander the countryside after the war?
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Hoping to find their families or to find a safe place to live.
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How did the Allies deal with the issue of war crimes in Europe?
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They put the Nazi leaders on trial and either imprisoned them or executed them then burned the executed bodies in the crematorium ovens in of a the concentration camp.
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What three programs did General Douglas MacArthur introduce during the U.S. occupation of Japan? Demilitarization
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Demilitarization, bringing war criminals to trial, and democratization, the process of creating a government elected by the people.
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How would demilitarization and a revived economy help Japan achieve democracy? A
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Constitutional government gave the people the freedom of choice in both political and economic affairs. MacArthur required absentee landlords with huge estates to sell land to the government. The government then sold the land to tenant farmers at reasonable prices. Other reforms pushed by MacArthur gave workers the right to create independent labor unions.
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Why did the Americans choose the British system of government for the Japanese instead of the American system?
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The Japanese peopled believed that the emperor like king and queens of England were divine and sent by God to rule them. If the allies would have killed him there might have been dissent from the rebuilding progress that MacArthur made in Japan.
