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1. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #1
2. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 3. The Decision to drop the atomic bomb...and questions about the DBQ Secondary Source 1 David Kennedy. Freedom from Fear. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. pp. 840-841. Excerpt The “decision” to use the bomb might better be described as a series of decisions not to disturb the momentum of a process that was more than three years old by the spring of 1945 and was rapidly moving toward its all but inevitable climax. In a profound sense, the determination to use the bomb at the earliest possible date had been implicit in the original decision to build it at the fastest possible speed. “Let there be no mistake about it,” Truman later wrote. “I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used.” Winston Churchill put it this way: “the decision whether or not to use the atomic bomb to compel the surrender of Japan was never even an issue. There was unanimous, automatic, unquestioned agreement around our table; nor did I ever hear the slightest suggestion that we should do otherwise.” Secondary Source 2 Gar Alperovitz, Review of David McCullough's Truman, The Nation, May 10, 1993 Excerpt Historians continue to debate why Truman dropped the bomb. But archival documents leave no doubt that Truman knew that the war would end “a year sooner now” and without an invasion. One of the main reasons was his awareness that the shock of an early Soviet declaration of war was expected to jolt Japan into surrender long before an invasion could begin. [Other historians] have effectively refuted Truman's oft repeated argument about the number of American lives saved by the bomb. [Stanford University's Barton] Bernstein could not find a worst case prediction of lives lost higher than 46,000—even if an invasion had been mounted. “The myth of the 500,000 American lives saved” Bernstein concludes, “thus seems to have no basis in fact.” ...At least one of the factors in the minds of those making the decision to use the atomic bomb involved geo-political and diplomatic concerns about the Soviet Union. Discussion questions 1. According to each historian, why did the US use the atomic bomb? 2. What evidence does each historian use to support his claim? 4. Dropping the atomic bomb 5. Reasons for dropping the bomb 6. NY Times article on the atomic bomb debate 7. And another NYT article on the issue 8. And another article on the debate 9. And a short radio piece about the decision to drop the bomb. 10. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 11. Crash Course - World War II Pt. 2 HW - Ch. 25 Assignment (due by Tuesday), study for test, and watch the two WWII Crash Course Videos. DBQ for test: Progressive Era DBQ, Imperialism DBQ, New Deal DBQ You choose! No outside materials/resources allowed, except your personal DBQ packet (question and documents). You can have notes about the documents written in the packet (doc analysis), but nothing else (no thesis, outside evidence, etc.) You must bring the document packet to class. I will not have printed copies to give you.
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I hope you are enjoying vacation. I wanted to alert you to a few important calendar changes over the first few weeks back from vacation. The most important change is that the Period 7 test will be administered on Monday 3/7. We will cover Ch. 24 on Wednesday 3/1 and Ch. 25 on Friday 3/3. The Period 5 test covers Chapters 20-24 only. Here is a copy of the Period 7 and 8 schedules that reflect the changes discussed above: Period 7: Ch. 20-24
Period 8: Ch. 25-29
Enjoy vacation! Make sure you have completed Ch. 24 for class on Wednesday. Mr. Parise 1. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #1
2. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 3. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 4. Crash Course - World War II Pt. 2 HW - For each concept (A-E) below, explain how at least two of the examples connect to the overall concept (how does the example "prove the concept"). Use the resources above to assist in the assignment. Big Idea: U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the U.S. into a position of global, political, and military leadership. A. Americans viewed the war as a fight for the survival of freedom and democracy against fascist and militarist ideologies. This perspective was later reinforced by revelations about Japanese wartime atrocities, Nazi concentration camps, and the Holocaust. Examples: Atlantic Charter (1941), FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech B. The mass mobilization of American society helped end the Great Depression, and the country’s strong industrial base played a pivotal role in winning the war by equipping and provisioning allies and millions of U.S. troops. Examples: Rosie the Riveter (1941), Fair Employment Practices Commission (1941), War Production Board (1942), end of the Great Depression, Office of War Information (1942), GI Bill of Rights (1944), War Refugee Board (1944), victory gardens, Navajo code-talkers C. Mobilization and military service provided opportunities for women and minorities to improve their socioeconomic positions for the war’s duration, while also leading to debates over racial segregation. Wartime experiences also generated challenges to civil liberties. Examples: Executive Order 9906 (1942), internment of Japanese Americans in relocation camps, Congress of Racial Equality (1942), Zoot suit riots (1943), “Double V” campaign, segregated armed forces, code-talkers, Asa Philip Randolph and the March on Washington movement, Executive Order 8802 (1941), Fair Employment Practices Commission (1941), Detroit race riot (1943), Korematsu v. US (1944) D. The United States and its allies achieved military victory through Allied cooperation, technological and scientific advances, the contributions of servicemen and women, and campaigns such as Pacific “island-hopping” and the D-Day invasion. The use of atomic bombs hastened the end of the war and sparked debates about the morality of using atomic weapons. Examples: Manhattan Project (1942), Tehran Conference (1943), development of sonar, island-hopping, D-Day (1944), Bretton Woods Conference (1944), Yalta Conference (1945), United Nations (1945), Nuremburg trials (1945), Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) E. The war-ravaged condition of Asia and Europe, and the dominant U.S. role in the Allied victory and postwar peace settlements, allowed the United States to emerge from the war as the most powerful nation on earth. Examples: United Nations (1945), Nuremburg trials (1945), Potsdam Conference (1945), Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), International Monetary Fund (1945) *2008 Credit Crisis Explained
*Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause The 2008 Financial Crisis? 1. The New Deal then and Now 2. The Fed. Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow 3. Great Depression and New Deal DBQ Quiz 4. The New Deal on Trial (Criticisms of the New Deal)
5. New Deal's effect on Politics - New Deal Democratic Coalition The Political Legacy of the New Deal (1932-1952) 1. Created a Democratic party coalition that would dominate American politics for many years (1933- 1952). 2. Included ethnic groups, city dwellers, organized labor, blacks, as well as a broad section of the middle class. 3. Awakened voter interest in economic matters and increased expectations and acceptance of government involvement in American life. 4. The New Deal coalition made the federal government a protector of interest groups and a mediator of the competition among them. 5. "Activists" role for government in regulating American business to protect it from the excesses and problems of the past. 6. Fair Deal of the post-war Truman administration continued the trend in governmental involvement: i.e. advocated expanding Social Security benefits, increasing the minimum wage, a full employment program, slum clearance, public housing, and government sponsorship of scientific research. 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman 8. In 1948, the "liberal" or Democratic coalition split into two branches: States' Rights (1948) 1. Southern conservative Democrats known as "Dixiecrats." 2. Opposed the civil rights plank in the Democratic platform. 3. Nominated South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond for President. Progressive Party (1948) 1. "Liberal" Democrats who favored gradual socialism, the abolition of racial segregation, and a conciliatory attitude toward Russia. 2. Nominated Henry A. Wallace for president. HW - Ch. 24 1. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow
2. "The Century - America's Time" pt. 1 "Stormy Weather" (beginning to 4:20) 3. Modern American Financial History - Timeline 4. FDR's First Inaugural Address. Video of the speech.
5. "Give a man a job!"
6. The Fed. Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow 7. Was the New Deal an Effective Answer to the Great Depression? HW - DBQ - Evaluate the effects of the Roosevelt administration’s responses to the problems of the Great Depression between 1933 and 1941.
1. Read the following article about racial unrest at the start of the 1920s - Red Summer of 1919
2. The Century - America's Time - "From Boom to Bust" - parts 1-3 3. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow HW - Ch. 23 *Dissent and Free Speech Issues during WWI
1. Not long ago, the KKK was a driving force in Maine culture and politics - The Portland Press Herald 2. Roaring v. Reactionary 1920s Categorize each issue/event as either:
3. The Century - America's Time - "From Boom to Bust" - parts 1-3 HW:
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