SE Asia History Test Review

Who was credited with writing the new Japanese constitution after WWII

• McArthur

• FDR

• Hirohito

• Hitler

The New Japanese Constitution gave the Japanese citizens what?

• Rights

• less freedoms

• It took away their right to vote

• They had the right to join the military

What kind of Government did Japan have after WWII

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

What is NOT a reason that the US helped rebuild Japan

• To be a trading partner

• to contain communism in the area

• To colonize Japan for it's Natural Resources

• To have a ally in the region

Why did Truman decide to drop the bombs on Japan

• Because 1 million US soldiers were projected to die in a land invasion

• Truman was scared that Japan had nukes

• Truman was scared that Russia would attack the US

• Truman wanted as many Japanese to die as possible

What was a result of Pearl Harbor

• The US declared war on Japan

• 2400 soldiers died

• Some of the US's Naval Fleet was destroyed

• All of the choices

What became of the US efforts to prevent Ho Chi Minh from taking the country of Vietnam and reuniting it as one country?

• The US was successful

• The US failed and Vietnam went communist

• Vietnam was split into the North and South

• All of the above

Why did the US not want Ho Chi Minh in control of Vietnam

• He would bring democracy

• He would bring communism

• He committed genocide

• The US thought he would attack neighboring countries

What was the results of the Korean War

• South Korea won

• North Korea won

• It was a stalemate

• The country was united

Why did the US have an interest in Korea and Vietnam

• The US did not want the countries to go communist

• The US wanted the countries to be democratic

• The US worried that the whole region would go communist

• All of the choices