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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 Tuesday 1/28 Put together unit 6 checklist Study for test Blockday 1/29-1/30 - Advisory Choose an essay topic Friday 1/31 Cornell notes 38.3 & 38.4. Agenda, Monday, 1/27. Brainstorm

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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 Tuesday 1/28 Put together unit 6 checklist Study for test Blockday 1/29-1/30 - Advisory Choose an essay topic Friday 1/31 Cornell notes 38.3 & 38.4

  3. Agenda, Monday, 1/27 • Brainstorm • 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. What to do with Germany and Japan? How do we bring them to justice?

  5. Brainstorm • How could the Allies avoid the same mistakes made by the Treaty of Versailles? What suggestions would you make for the treaty this time?

  6. 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

  7. Eye for an eye; punish the bad (retributive justice) • Focus on harmony; repairing harm (restorative justice)

  8. What problem did it prevent/solve? What problem still remained? Define term. Key info What problem did it prevent/solve? What problem still remained? Define term. Key info

  9. What problems are created by demobilization?

  10. Practical, psychological problems

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

  12. Problem

  13. 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.

  14. Problems • Postwar reconstruction

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

  16. Problems • Competing currency devaluation • Exchange rates

  17. 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

  18. 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.

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

  20. Agenda: Tuesday 1/28 • Review time! - look at review sheet HW: Checklist due blockday Test on Ch.34-37 blockday

  21. Million Dollar Drop!* *15 questions total (20 min) *start with 100 points (place your bets on the answer. Right answer, keep the $ placed on it. The wrong answers makes you lose the $ placed on that answer) *groups of 4 *Best score gets 1 point to group members & added to class score

  22. Dictators were allowed to rise due to religious conflict in Europe • 1. true • 2. false

  23. In the beginning, how did the US respond to Japanese military aggression in the Pacific? • Ignored • Cut oil supplies • Communicated with Japanese government • Military aggression

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

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

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

  27. Which of the following did NOT increase opportunities in the US? • Bracero Program • Tuskegee Airmen • Double V for Victory Campaign • Korematsuv. US court case *all important concepts to know!

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

  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. Bonus Question (get $20) Which branch of government has the power to declare war? congress

  31. Which was the main purpose of rationing? • hold down prices of military weapons • curb people’s consumption of resources • increase educational benefits for veterans • increase imports of scarce products

  32. What happened in during WWI that led the government to issue price controls? • Shortage of goods and rising prices • Great Depression • Stock market crash • Certain businesses monopolizing the industry

  33. What is Double V victory? • End discrimination in military ranks • Support of Gandhi’s fights in South Africa and India • Both Black men and women should be accepted in the military • Victory against Nazis abroad and racism at home

  34. Island hopping was a tactic used in the Pacific Front • True • False

  35. American feelings of Jewish refugees were warm and welcoming 1. True 2. False

  36. What was the Manhattan Project for? • work on the development of an atomic bomb • increase economic production to meet wartime demands • defend New York City against a nuclear attack (avengers?) • recruit men for the military services

  37. Which country does NOT belong to the UN security council? • US • Germany • China • Britain • Soviet Union

  38. Other concepts to review • Espionage and Sedition Act (WWI) • President Hoover • Navajo Code Talkers • See the unit 6 checklist review section. That covers it all.

  39. 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

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