History, 04.02.2021 04:20 dathanboyd

Read the excerpt from Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945-52
Based on this excerpt, what major economic initiatives
did General MacArthur advance during the
reconstruction of Japan? Select two options.
"In September, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur took
charge of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers
(SCAP) and began the work of rebuilding Japan. ...
MacArthur had the final authority to make all decisions.
making ownership of land communal
creating new markets for Japanese farmers
giving small farmers more power over their land
decreasing the number of very large companies
reducing the military's influence on the government
In the economic field, SCAP introduced land reform,
designed to benefit the majority tenant farmers and
reduce the power of rich landowners, many of whom
had advocated for war and supported Japanese
expansionism in the 1930s. MacArthur also tried to
break up the large Japanese business conglomerates,
or zaibatsu, as part of the effort to transform the
economy into a free market capitalist system."
-Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945-52

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