Aftermath of WWII

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Across
  1. 1. Because of this practice, many African American GIs could not access the GI Bill benefits.
  2. 4. This is the location of the trials for the Japanese leaders who were tried with war crimes, led by the US.
  3. 5. US President during the years immediately following World War II.
  4. 6. Roosevelt's plan to fund the return home and transition of veterans - included money for education and access to loans to buy homes.
  5. 7. After the war, MacArthur was in charge of occupying and leading this nation, though he let citizens of the country have some agency.
  6. 11. This is the location of the trials for war criminals from Germany, led by the UN.
  7. 13. This Roosevelt helped establish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (affirmed rights to life, liberty, equality before the law, religion, expression, & assembly).
  8. 14. Smaller and more powerful body of the UN that makes decisions about how to act or react.
  9. 15. After the war, this group returned to jobs in the service sector or stayed home.
Down
  1. 2. US switched from a foreign policy of isolationism before World War II to this, as we became a world leader.
  2. 3. The US &43 nations started this to loan money to countries for war recovery & economic development.
  3. 8. The UN recognized these as rights of all humans: Freedom of speech, expression, and worship & Freedom from fear and want.
  4. 9. International organization cooperating to promote peace and security.
  5. 10. At the Yalta Conference, Allied leaders decided to divide this nation into four occupied zones after the war.
  6. 12. After two world wars, this was the goal of the United States and other allied nations.