The Agricultural Reform Program in Japan

question 34

Multiple Choice

The agricultural reform program in Japan

• A) failed because of opposition by the allied occupation government which was concerned about possible communist influence.
• B) was initially successful, but ultimately collapsed in the face of agricultural imports from the United States.
• C) reduced the number of tenant farmers from about 50 percent to 10 percent of the total.
• D) was terminated by the Japanese government in its pursuit of greater industrialization.
• E) consolidated small agricultural plots into more efficient large farms of about 1,000 acres, similar to those existing in the United States.

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