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1. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 2. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 3. The Decision to drop the atomic bomb A. 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.” B. 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. C. 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? D. NY Times article on the atomic bomb debate E. 1988 Atomic Bomb DBQ
4. Crash Course - World War II Pt. 2 HW - Prepare for Period 7 test and DBQ
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A couple of things before we return next week:
1. The New Deal then and Now
2. The Fed. Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow
4. Great Depression and New Deal DBQ Quiz
5. New Deal's effect on Politics - New Deal Democratic Coalition HW - Ch. 24 1. "The Century - America's Time" pt. 1 "Stormy Weather" (beginning to 4:20)
2. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow 3. Modern American Financial History - Timeline 4. FDR's First Inaugural Address. (Video of the speech)
6. The Federal Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow 6. NRA - Give a Man a Job 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. Should the 1920s be remembered primarily as a "Roaring" or "Reactionary" decade?
2. 1920s Writing Practice: Should the 1920s be remembered primarily as a "Roaring" or "Reactionary" decade? 3. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow HW: Ch. 23 1. Crash Course WWI
2. Not long ago, the KKK was a driving force in Maine culture and politics - The Portland Press Herald 3. Roaring v. Reactionary 1920s As we watch categorize each issue/event as either:
4. The Century - America's Time - "From Boom to Bust" - parts 1-3 HW:
*Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's 'Hard History'
1. American Imperialism - APUSH Explained Slide Show 2. Imperialism DBQ
HW: Ch. 22 1. What were the main causes of imperialism in America?
2. . HIPP Practice - Imperialist Expansion - Imperialism Quotes
- Imperialism Political Cartoons
2. American Imperialism - APUSH Explained Slide Show HW - Imperialism DBQ
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