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War… a long drawn out War

War… a long drawn out War. Fall of the Third Reich… and victory in Europe. Do Now. Based on current world events with Russia, North Korea, and the Middle East, how should we prevent another global war? Explain your thinking. Information. Truman Letters - 2 submitted?

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War… a long drawn out War

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  1. War… a long drawn out War Fall of the Third Reich… and victory in Europe

  2. Do Now Based on current world events with Russia, North Korea, and the Middle East, how should we prevent another global war? Explain your thinking.

  3. Information • Truman Letters - 2 submitted? • World War II Unit Test - Thursday

  4. Current Events • Claremont substitute dismissed - refused to unfriend students on facebook - right or wrong? • Maryland raises minimum wage - raised to $10.10/hr - will be raised slowly to this rate by 2018

  5. Do Now Based on current world events with Russia, North Korea, and the Middle East, how should we prevent another global war? Explain your thinking.

  6. The Manhattan Project • Group created in 1939 • Nuclear experiments based on Einstein’s letter to Roosevelt - Roosevelt wanted the bomb - afraid Germany would develop it • 3 bombs were built

  7. The Manhattan Project • On July 16, 1945, the gadget of the Trinity Test was detonated in New Mexico and the world entered the nuclear age. • The bomb was made primarily of plutonium-238, a synthetic element. • The U.S. had two other atomic bombs and began to make plans to use them against Japan.

  8. July 16, 1945 – Nuclear Age Begins • Trinity Test - New Mexico • Gadget exploded, designed to scare • Unknown outcomes - radiation exposure - people not properly evacuated

  9. The Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) Died April 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Inherited Manhattan Project

  10. Island Hopping in the Pacific

  11. Little Boy – Hiroshima August 6, 1945 • Weight 8,818.49 lbs. • Length 9.84 ft. • Diameter 2.3 ft. • Blast yield 13 to 18 kilotons

  12. Fat Man – Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 • Weight 10,200 lbs. • Length 10.6 ft. • Diameter 5 ft. • Blast yield 21 kilotons

  13. Atomic bomb blasts create mushroom clouds.

  14. Japan Surrenders: V-J Day • Japanese surrendered - August 14, 1945 • Official Surrender agreement - September 2, 1945 - signed on the USS Missouri • World War II officially over

  15. Exit: Why didn’t the U.S. use the atomic bomb on Germany first instead of Japan? Explain your thinking and reasons.

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