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1. 1950s Vee-Diagram - click to download and send to notability
2. Selected Clips from "The Century, America's Time: Happy Days"
HW: read articles and answer the review questions - answer all questions in a single document. Questions for A-C are embedded in the articles. Question for D is included below. A. The Feminine Mystique B. What is TV Doing to America C. Up From the Potato Fields D. The Growth of the Suburbs
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1. Timed DBQ
HW: Assignment #47 - AMSCO Reading Guide Topics 8.3 through 8.6 1. How America became a superpower
2. Post WWII America and the Early Cold War 3. The Century America's Time - Best Years
HW: Assignment #46 - International Crises of the Early Cold War "To what extent did events around the world in the 1950s and 1960s increase Cold War tensions?" For each topic/event:
The International Crises of the 1950s (and early 1960s)
1. Main arguments for dropping the bomb
2. Read: Hiroshima: A Controversy That Refuses to Die 3. The Decision to drop "the 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. A. According to Kennedy, what were the key considerations in the US decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan? B. According to Alperovitz, what were the key considerations in the US decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan? C. What is a potential reason/consideration for usung the bomb not explicitly mentioned in either exerpt? 4. 1988 Atomic Bomb DBQ 5. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 6. Wartime Conferences HW: Prepare for test (MCQ and SAQ)
1. APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2
2. Atomic Bomb Wipes Out Hiroshima In A Matter Of Seconds 3. Main arguments for dropping the bomb 4. Read: Hiroshima: A Controversy That Refuses to Die 5. 1988 Atomic Bomb DBQ HW: A. AMSCO Reading Guide Topics 7.14 and 7.15 (entire reading guide due next class - no late option) B. Begin preparing for test
1. APUSH Explained Slideshow - Road WWII
2. APUSH Explained Slideshow - WWII #2 3. Crash Course - World War II - Pt. 1 4. Crash Course - World War II Pt. 2 HW - Assignment #43 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. 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) 1. FDR, The New Deal and "3 Rs"
2. New Deal DBQ
HW: Assignment #42 - Write the intro paragraph and one body paragraph for the above DBQ. The paragraph must include:
1. FDR's First Inaugural Address. (Video of the speech)
2. The Fed. Government's Response - The New Deal - slideshow 3. FDR, The New Deal and "3 Rs" 4. New Deal's effect on Politics - New Deal Democratic Coalition 5. New Deal DBQ HW: AMSCO Period 7.11 through 7.13 1. "The Century - America's Time" pt. 1 "Stormy Weather" (beginning to 4:20)
2. Review the causes of the GD- 1920s Politics and Causes of the Depression Slideshow 3. FDR's First Inaugural Address. (Video of the speech)
HW: Part 1 A. Read: To what extent did the New Deal solve the problems of the Great Depression? B. Watch: New Deal Crash Course Answer in a single paragraph: In what ways was the New Deal an effective answer to the Great Depression, and in what ways was it not effective? Part 2 A. Read - Opposition to the New Deal B. Write a 2-3 sentence explanation of how each person or group below opposed FDR and the New Deal |
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