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Why did President Roosevelt commit America to help Great Britain against Germany,
He did not stand alone
What agreement did President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill make regarding self government for areas captured from Japan, Germany, and Italy?
Both agreed that their countries seek no territorial aggrandizement or other
Why was President Roosevelt anti-colonial?
He felt that colonialism went against American principles
Why was Winton Churchill opposed to Roosevelt's anti-colonial stance?
Churchill didn't want England to lose her colonies.
When and where was the Declaration of United Nations signed?
January 1&2 1942 at washington, d.c.
What compromise did the U.S. and Great Britain reach on the issue of post war trusteeships?
The proposed Trusteeship would only apply to those areas eventually captured from the Axis powers
What position did American military leaders take on the issue of what to do with the former Japanese mandated islands after the war?
They supported Annexation
What position did President Roosevelt and his civilian advisors
They supported internationalization
What was the position of the Americanpublic?
Annexation/Ownership
What American agencies wanted control over Micronesia after the
Navy, Army, Dept. of states, Dept. of interior
Why did the U.S. Navy feel it was the best qualified to govern
They felt that they had more experience over the others
What agreement did the American Joint Chiefs of Staff finally
They supported annexation if not micronesia be declared strategic trusteeship
What is the difference between a strategic trusteeship and other trusteeships?
Strategic Trusteeship allow administering authority to build military bases in the trusteeship area, but others do not.
U.S. to deny inspection of military areas by U.N. representatives and others.
Who did President Roosevelt feel should have sovereignty over the Pacific islands?
United Nations
What status did the U.S. military leadership want for Micronesia?
They wanted united states to have strategic rights in micronesia
What restrictions did the Potsdam Declaration place on Japanese sovereignty?
Japan must give up control over all its mandated Islands
Who transferred the rest of the Northern Mariana Islands, except Rota, back to the Navy?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
What civilian agency was designated to administer the TTPI after transfer from the Navy Department?
Dept. of the interior
Why did President Truman transfer Saipan and Tinian back to the Department of the Navy on January 1, 1953? For military training and exercises.
This was due to the increasing communist in Asia
What did the Navy do shortly after the cease fire to gain control of the Marianas?
Requested and received permission administer micronesia
How did Army and Interior Department react to the idea of naval control of Micronesia?
They opposed it
What happened at the first United Nations meeting as a result of the three-way claim by the U.S.
Chaos and confusion reigned.
Which civilian agency was designated to administer the TTPI after transfer from the Navy
Department of interior
Who became the first civilian high commissioner of the TTPI?
Elbert D. Thomas
Name the island groups that made up the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Nmi, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, korae, Marshall Islands.
What is the current status of the TTPI? Each island group decided their own political destiny.
Indpendence for Palau, FSM, and Marshalls Islands. NMI became a U.S.
territory.
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