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    Post-WWII Conferences/Plans: United Nations, Marshall Plan, and MacArthur Plan in Japan

    1. The United Nations 2. The Marshall Plan 3. Rebuilding Japan


    The United Nations is an organization After WWII, the Soviet Union wanted to The process of rebuilding Japan began
    created to promote international security take revenge on Germany by demanding right after World War II ended. The
    and prevent future wars. In April 1945 , extreme war reparations. President commander of the Allied forces in the
    right after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death Truman realized, however, that doing this Pacific, U.S. Army general Douglas
    and Harry Truman’s taking over the would only hurt Germany more, just as it MacArthur, led the reconstruction
    presidency, the UN’s founding charter had after the signing of the process—a difficult task considering the
    was drafted, resembling the document that unforgiving Treaty of Versailles that had widespread devastation throughout Japan.
    created the unsuccessful League of ended World War I and led to WWII. General MacArthur rounded up ranking
    Nations after World War I. Because officers in the Japanese military
    World War II had demonstrated that the In 1947 , the United States Secretary of leadership and tried them as war criminals
    United States could not remain isolated State, George Marshall, promised that in the Tokyo trials. The Japanese, for their
    from things happening around the world, the United States would offer over part, worked hard to rebuild their country
    the United Nations charter quickly went $10  billion to help rebuild Europe if the under U.S. guidelines, emphasizing an
    through the Senate ratification process European nations themselves actually increase in democracy.
    that summer. According to the charter, the agreed to work together to meet this goal.
    “Big Five” (the U.S, Great Britain, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany Within a year, MacArthur and the
    France, China, and the Soviet Union) each complied and came together to lead Japanese drafted a new democratic
    would have a permanent spot and veto postwar Europe. In a sense, this constitution, and the United States
    power on the United Nation’s leadership. foreshadowed the European Union that pledged military protection in exchange
    The United Nations still exists today and now exists. The Marshall Plan, helped to for a promise that Japan would not build
    has its headquarters in New York City. stabilize Western Europe financially and up its military and weapons again. The
    prevent economic collapse. After just one new constitution and reforms allowed
    decade, European factories had already Japan to recover quickly from the war and
    surpassed pre-WWII production levels, eventually boast one of the largest
    increasing the standard of living and economies in the world.
    helping to ensure that Russian
    Communism would not thrive.
    Which of the three post-World War II developments (United Nations, Marshall Plan, or MacArthur’s
    Plan for Japan) is the speaker describing? Circle the correct answer and explain why you chose it.

    1. “The citizens have fully recovered from the physical destruction caused by the war and have demonstrated
    the capability of the country to recover.” President Harry Truman
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    2. “Sixteen countries came together to estimate their economic needs for recovery.”
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    3. “Many people were concerned it would fail, after what happened at the end of World War I. But opinion in
    the United States had changed in those thirty years.”
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    4. “Our hope is that this program will produce economic, political, and self-defense unity in the continent,
    protecting it from Russian aggression.”
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    5. “…Created to provide hope for the entire world…”


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    6. “It made a decisive contribution to the renewal of the transport system, the modernization of industrial and
    agricultural equipment, the resumption of normal production, the raising of productivity, and the facilitating of
    trade within countries.” Economic historian Herman Van der Wee
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    7. “… Intended to allow one nation to rebuild…”


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    8. “He took away all political power from the emperor and encouraged the development of fair elections.”
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    9. “… Helped an entire continent recover…”


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    10. “We are allowing these countries to have special privileges within the organization, as we believe they will
    be world powers for years to come.”
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