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1. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 2. Crash Course - World War II Pt. 2 3. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 (9:43 - end) 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
HW - Prepare for Period 7 test and DBQ
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1. New Deal's effect on Politics - New Deal Democratic Coalition
2. Period 7 DBQ
2. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 3. Link to APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 HW: prepare for Period 7 test and DBQ (Monday 3/2) A. Study materials for test:
B. For DBQ:
1 . FDR's First Inaugural Address. (Video of the speech)
2. The Federal Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow
3. The New Deal then and Now 4. New Deal's effect on Politics - New Deal Democratic Coalition 5. The New Deal DBQ HW: Ch. 24 Period 6 LEQ Notes:
1. 1920s LEQ Quiz (using your T-Chart) Was the 1920s a decade defined more by the ways in which it was a continuation of America's past, or the ways in which it presented significant change. A. Write an intro/thesis to the LEQ question above (although = CA + 3MA). 2. Modern American Financial History - Timeline 3. "The Century - America's Time" pt. 1 "Stormy Weather" (beginning to 4:20) 4. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow 5 . FDR's First Inaugural Address. (Video of the speech)
6. The Federal Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow 7. NRA - Give a Man a Job HW: Part 1 Read: To what extent did the New Deal solve the problems of the Great Depression? Watch: New Deal Crash Course Answer in a single paragraph: Was the New Deal an Effective Answer to the Great Depression? Part 2 Opposition to the New Deal - write a 2-3 sentence explanation of how each person or group below opposed FDR and the New Deal 1. Not long ago, the KKK was a driving force in Maine culture and politics - The Portland Press Herald
2. Should the 1920s be remembered primarily as a "Roaring" or "Reactionary" decade?
3. Closing the door on Immigration 4. 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow 5. 1920s LEQ Quiz (using your T-Chart) Was the 1920s a decade defined more by the ways in which it was a continuation of America's past, or the ways in which it presented significant change. A. Write an intro and thesis to the LEQ question above (although = CA + 3MA). HW: Ch. 23 *WWI Slideshow
1. Red Summer of 1919 2. Roaring v. Reactionary 1920s As we watch categorize each issue/event as either:
3. The Century - America's Time - "From Boom to Bust" - parts 1-3 HW: Early 19th Century Foreign Policy A. WWI - Click the link to watch the video and complete video questions B. 14 Points, Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations - click the link to watch the video and complete video questions |
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