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