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US History

US History. Unit 6, Week 4. Homework for the Week. Monday 1/27 Begin studying for the unit test on block day Tuesday 1/28 Put together unit 6 checklist Study for test Blockday 1/29-1/30 - Advisory Choose an essay topic Friday 1/31

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US History

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  1. US History Unit 6, Week 4

  2. Homework for the Week Monday 1/27 Begin studying for the unit test on block day Tuesday 1/28 Put together unit 6 checklist Study for test Blockday 1/29-1/30 - Advisory Choose an essay topic Friday 1/31 HW: Read pgs. 494-495 and notes. Instead of a summary, respond to the question: How did the concept of ʺcontainmentʺ help or hurt the founding ideals? Explain its impact on 2-3 of our ideals.

  3. Agenda, Monday, 1/27 • HOT ROC • Examples of retributive and restorative justice after World War II • Review content – problems and solutions • HW: Begin studying for the unit test on block day

  4. HOT ROC • How could the Allies avoid the same mistakes made by the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I? What suggestions would you make for the treaty this time?

  5. Retributive and restorative justice • Restorative Justice: Settling a dispute and repairing harm by bringing together the offender, the victim, and the community to find a solution that works for everyone involved in the best way possible • Examples: Mediation instead of divorce court, conflict resolution in schools, forgiving a friend. • Retributive Justice: Settling a dispute and repairing harm by punishing the offender for violating laws in order to discourage the offender and others who may be tempted to break laws. • Examples: Prisons, Treaty of Versailles, school suspension

  6. Agenda: Tuesday 1/28 • Problems and Solutions • Review for the test HW: Checklist due tomorrow Test on Ch.34-37 tomorrow

  7. What problems are created by demobilization?

  8. GI Bill • Benefit to veterans • Low-interest mortgage • Job training • Hiring privileges • Unemployment payments • Full disability coverage

  9. Problems • Postwar reconstruction

  10. World Bank • Loans for rebuilding/developing countries • Foreign investment & trade

  11. Problem

  12. Geneva Conventions • Comprise of four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of prisoners/civilians during war.

  13. Problems • Competing currency devaluation • Exchange rates

  14. IMF (International Monetary Fund) • Bretton Woods Agreements (1944), signed by 44 allied nations. • Manage the international monetary system. • Exchange rates now is decided by the fixed parity of currencies and cooperation between nations

  15. Problem & solution for trade • Return to an international trading system based on free trade • Open an international conference for the multilateral reduction of barriers to international trade. • Led to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which resulted from negotiations between 23 nations.

  16. UN • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQN-ZraOjts • United Nations (SC) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUR0gzFg2ss • UN secretary general

  17. Million Dollar Drop!* *Contraband stickers, not dollars, not for placement on lockers or other school property, nontranserrable or resellable.

  18. 1. Stalin 2. Tojo 3. Mussolini 4. Hitler Whose country had state-owned collective farms?

  19. Which government promoted racism and scapegoating? • Nazi Germany • Militarism in Japan • Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union • Fascist Italy

  20. Which of these is an example of Americans’ anti-war feelings? • Lend Lease • Neutrality Acts • Munich Conference • 4 Freedoms Speech

  21. Which took place in 1942? • D-Day • Pearl Harbor • Fighting in North Africa • Battle of the Bulge

  22. Which of these was NOT one of FDR’s 4 Freedoms? • Freedom from want • Freedom of assembly • Freedom of speech • Freedom from fear

  23. Who was not allowed to serve in combat during WWII? • Japanese-Americans • Mexican-Americans • Women • African-Americans

  24. Which of the following did NOT increase opportunities in the US? • Bracero Program • Tuskegee Airmen • Double V for Victory Campaign • Korematsuv. US court case

  25. What document authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans? • Executive Order 8802 • Double V campaign • Manhattan Project • Executive Order 9906

  26. What was an alternative to dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? • Land invasion of Japan • Island-hopping • Fighting the Japanese in Okinawa • Using Navajo code-talkers

  27. Which of these cities was NOT basically destroyed during WWII? • Nagasaki • Dresden • Hiroshima • Berlin

  28. What happened in the Philippines? • Gen. MacArthur surrendered to the Japanese and left Americans as prisoners of war • The US intercepted Japanese communications to help them win the battle • As one of the last battles in the war, these islands allowed us to move closer to Japan.

  29. Which of these things did the federal government NOT do during WWII? • Ration consumption by civilians • Set price controls on consumer goods • Require Americans to buy war bonds • Get workers to agree not to strike

  30. Agenda, Wed-Thurs, 1/29-1/30 • Turn in checklists • Unit 6 test • Advisory Day PPT • Cold War Research paper – intro HW: Choose research paper topic

  31. Agenda, 1/31 • HOT ROC – trivia quiz • Map activity • Categorization activity HW: Read pgs. 494-495 and notes. Instead of a summary, respond to the question: How did the concept of ʺcontainmentʺ help or hurt the founding ideals? Explain its impact on 2-3 of our ideals.

  32. The Origins of the Cold War Key Question: How did the Cold War develop?

  33. Pre-test: Identify the following Cold War items 1. What are two meetings where the US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union made plans for post-war Europe?

  34. 2. Which country is portrayed in this map?

  35. 3. What is the main idea of this cartoon?4. What historical event does this cartoon depict?

  36. 5. What was the name of the US plan that gave money to European countries after World War II?

  37. Answers • Yalta and Potsdam • Germany. Will become West Germany and East Germany from 1945-1989. • Soviet Union argued that they needed to have a buffer zone to protect them from the aggressive Germany that had attacked them in the last 2 World Wars. • Iron Curtain • Marshall Plan

  38. Answer #1: Yalta and Potsdam Forming an Uneasy Peace:Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill

  39. Forming an Uneasy Peace:Truman, Stalin, Attlee

  40. Answer #2: Germany after WWII Berlin – divided into French, British, US and Russian controlled areas.

  41. Postwar Germany • U.S. wants economically strong Germany • democratic gov’t & capitalist economy • U.S.S.R. wants weak, powerless Germany • Berlin—in east Germany, but divided among powers

  42. Cold War Europe

  43. Wrap-up • Sort the following terms into these three categories: economic assistance, foreign policy or alliances • NATO • Warsaw Pact • Truman Doctrine • World Bank • Marshall Plan • Molotov Plan • Containment

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