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End of the War and Impacts on America

End of the War and Impacts on America. End of 25.3, 25.4. Yalta Conference. Yalta, Soviet Union Discuss Germany’s fate Russia wanted to divide Germany into zones occupied by Allied forces Britain thought that too harsh Agreed on temporary division of Germany

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End of the War and Impacts on America

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  1. End of the War and Impacts on America End of 25.3, 25.4

  2. Yalta Conference • Yalta, Soviet Union • Discuss Germany’s fate • Russia wanted to divide Germany into zones occupied by Allied forces • Britain thought that too harsh • Agreed on temporary division of Germany • Stalin promises free elections in Poland and other Soviet-occupied lands, AND to join war against Japan

  3. San Francisco Conference • Created United Nations • Replace the ineffective League of Nations

  4. Nuremberg War Trials • 24 Nazi leaders tried for crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, and war crimes • 12 sentenced to death, others imprisoned • Later trials convict a further 200 Nazis of war crimes • -Crimes Against the Peace: planning/waging aggressive war • -War Crimes: acts against the customs of war (executing hostages/prisoners for example) • -Crimes Against Humanity: murder, extermination, enslavement of civilians

  5. The Home Front • Economic Gains • Low unemployment • Farms prospering – good weather, machinery, fertilizers • Women entering many different parts of work force • Population Shift • Many African-Americans leave the south • What led them elsewhere?

  6. Home Front 2: More Home Front • Social Changes • Kids adjust to single/no-parent homes • Rushed marriages • GI Bill of Rights – education and training for veterans, also loan guarantees for homes/farms/businesses for vets

  7. Racial Tensions • Migrating African-American populations bring tensions to predominantly white communities • Fight for civil rights • Riots in Detroit leave 9 whites and 25 blacks dead or dying • “Zoot Suit” riots – anti-Mexican riots – hundreds of Mexican-American and other minority youths beaten

  8. Japanese Internment • Following Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese sentiment swelled, especially in West Coast • 110,000 Japanese Americans were shipped to various “relocation centers” (prison camps) • Many were “Nisei” – born in America to Japanese migrants • No evidence of subversion ever found, no charges ever filed, but still many lost property, homes, businesses etc. • Gov’t has since offered some monetary compensation

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