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AP Success - AP World History: Post-War Japanese Democracy

"Article 15. The people have the inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them. All public officials are servants of the whole community and not of any group thereof. Universal adult suffrage is guaranteed with regard to the election of public officials. In all elections, secrecy of the ballot shall not be violated. A voter shall not be answerable, publicly or privately, for the choice he has made."
The Constitution of Japan, November 3, 1946.

Question 1

Multiple choice
Which principle of governance is most directly reflected in the excerpt from the Constitution of Japan?

  • Feudalism

  • The divine right of kings

  • Universal suffrage

  • Meritocratic bureaucracy

Question 2

Multiple choice
The provision that 'all public officials are servants of the whole community and not of any group thereof' most directly challenges which of the following historical practices in Japan?

  • The influence of the Tokugawa shogunate

  • The practice of Christianity

  • The dominance of the samurai class in government

  • The use of the gold standard

Question 3

Multiple choice
The context of the time when the Constitution of Japan was written in 1946 suggests that the constitution was heavily influenced by which of the following?

  • Occupation and reforms by the United States

  • The influence of traditional Shinto beliefs

  • The spread of communism from the Soviet Union

  • The resurgence of the Japanese imperial system

Question 4

Multiple choice
The emphasis on the secrecy of the ballot in the Constitution of Japan was most likely a response to which of the following historical issues?

  • Previous lack of political privacy and freedom

  • The need to modernize Japan's technology infrastructure

  • The influence of the Meiji Restoration on political thought

  • The desire to align with European voting standards

Question 5

Multiple choice
The assertion that 'A voter shall not be answerable, publicly or privately, for the choice he has made' is an attempt to safeguard which of the following?

  • The role of the military in government

  • Individual political autonomy and freedom of expression

  • The economic interests of the zaibatsu

  • The power of the emperor over political matters

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