Journal Entry

Journal Entry

• With your knowledge of the Holocaust what do you feel the US should have done and why? Did we do enough or not enough? What should the punishment be for those responsible?

Koosh Review

• AAA• Harlem Renaissance• Fundamentalist• MAIN Causes of WWI• Frances Perkins

Discussion Question

• When you think of WWII what do you think of? What countries or events stand out the most in your mind?– Do we place blame on one nation or one

person more than others…Why??

Here we go again!

World War Looms…Goal 10 US History

Five Important Guys?

• Adolph Hitler - _____

• Joseph Stalin - _____

• Benito Mussolini - _____

• FDR - _____

What’s Happening…

• B/C of poor conditions people willing to accept change – new leaders – new _____– Ex. Stalin – Totalitarianism – you

disagree…• Moose – Fascism means?• Hitler – Nazism

– Wrote book called Mein Kamp– 3 Things He wanted…

First Fighting in WWII

• 1931 - ____ attacks Manchuria – why?– Who didn’t respond? Gave ____ confidence

• Now Hitler can attack – takes Rhineland– Moose takes _____ What did the League

do?• “It is us today, it will be you tomorrow”

• What’s Happening At Home?– Congress Passed Neutrality Acts –

outlawed the US from doing what?– FDR gave “Quarantine” speech – and did

what? What stopped him…

The Rhineland

GERMANY

R

POLAND

FRANCE

RUSSIA

German’s On the Attack!

• March 12, 1938 – Germany takes ____– US and world does….

• Now onto ____ - but they had protection from ____ & _____– What do Chamberlain & Daladier do?

• Hitler’s not done – now wants _______– Signs a Non-Aggression Pact with

Stalin

Germany

HungaryItaly

Austria

Slovakia

Moravia

Bohemia

Czechoslovakia

Sudetenland

The Polish Corridor

GERMANY

A

CS

POLAND

R

FRANCE

RUSSIA

Now that’s settled on to France…

• France prepared but what happened…– Charles DeGaulle, “France has lost a

battle, but France has not lost the war”

• Battle of Britain– 60 Days of Continuous bombing– How did the British combat this?

• 3 Ways…

Dirty Deeds – Done Dirt Cheap

• Holocaust – an overview – hopefully you know this – step by step…

1. Forced non-Aryans out of _____2. Nuremberg Laws3. Kristallnacht4. St. Louis – What do we do? “We all

want to get rid of our Jews. The difficulty is that no country wishes to receive them.” – only certain ones like ______

Hitler’s Little Problem

• Everywhere he took over had Jews• So he came up with the “Final Solution”

– Kill all inferiors…– Death Squads– Relocation to Ghettos– None of that working so they move on

too…

Koosh Review

• Nuremberg Laws• St Louis• Battle of Britain• Mussolini• 13th Amendment

What Should America Do??

• FDR – slowly getting his way– Sept 1939 US adopts Cash Carry Policy –

why?– Doesn’t work so FDR sends _____

• World Responds by signing Tripartite Pact – Why is that bad for the US?– US had 1st Peace time _____– FDR gets elected to 3rd Term saying…

Now we act (sort of)

• “No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it” – FDR – what did this mean?

• More non-war treaties – Allies couldn’t pay anymore so we pass - Lend Lease Act ---– German’s start to ____

US remaining Neutral???

• FDR and Churchill meet and signed ________– FDR said-he would not wage war but would do

everything to force an incident—meaning?– Charter was signed by 26 Nations-known as____– Germany fires on US ships – FDR orders _____

but doesn’t _____

• What else is going on?

What about the Pacific Charter?

• US not happy that Japan is taking over ______– We decide to cut off their ____ supply– Nov. 1941 we intercept the Hull Note

saying they will attack – FDR, “The US desires that Japan commit the first overt act”

– FDR having “PEACE?” talks until Dec 7, 1941

December 7, 1941

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii– U.S. fleet caught unprepared – 2400 sailors died, 1200 wounded,18

ships sunk, and 160 aircraft damaged and 200 destroyed.

– Only the _____ survived why?

Koosh Review

• Dec 7th, 1941• Lend Lease Act• Cash Carry• Atlantic Charter• Appeasement• 77-54??

Now We are at War!

• What kind of effects will this have on you?– How do women/minorities/scientists help– What does the Fed Govt. do to help…

• Battle of the Atlantic/Stalingrad/N Africa/Italy

Global War

• FDR – “a date that will live in infamy.”• Dec. 8, 1941 - U.S. declares war on

Japan• Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.• With the Japanese attack on the U.S.,

World War II became a global war.• Isolationist senator Burton Wheeler,

“The only thing now to do it to lick the hell out of them.”

After Pearl

• Japan – America is a 3rd Rate Nation – “Trembling in our shoes”

• Over 5 Million volunteer – 10 million drafted– 2.5 Mil AA’s– 300,000 Mexican Am.– 13,000 Chinese Am.– 33,000 Jap Am.– 25,000 Nat Am.

Not All Agree

• “Here lies a black man killed fighting a yellow man for the protection of the white man.”

• “Negroes will be considered only as janitors”

• What reasons did minorities join?

• Phillip Randolph – organized a march but ____ said no why?– Results…

Koosh Review

• A. Philip Randolph• Pearl Harbor• Appeasement• George Creel• Atlantic Charter

Women Want to Help Also

• Many women in the workplace – why? – Rosie the Riveter– Potential

problems…• Others wanted to

join the Army• George Marshall –

formed WAAC– What kind of jobs?

Industry and Scientist

• 1942 – last car produced – what did they make instead

• All industrieschanged ______

• OSRD – created by Roosevelt– Radar, sonar, penicillin, DDT– FDR got a letter from Einstein so he

started _________ led by _______

Government Steps into Everyday life

• Office of Price Administration– Rationed food– Froze Prices

• War Productions Board– Rationed key products– Like what??

• Treasury Department– Sold War Bonds… How?

Battles Assignment• You are to create a worksheet dealing with the

major battles of WWII— On your sheet tell who fought, major points, key players, and results!

• Atlantic Battles Pacific Battles– Battle of the Atlantic -Battle of Midway– Stalingrad -Iwo Jima– North Africa -Okinawa– D-Day -Hiroshima– V-E Day -V-J Day– Battle of the Bulge

Enemy at the Gates Clip

• What city are they trying to protect?• Why was this city so important?• When the soldiers got off the train what

were they missing?• What do the Russian’s do when the

soldiers try to retreat?• How did the city look?• What kind of officer did Vassili meet?• Who takes over for Russia in this city?

Koosh Review

• Majadenk• Battle of the Bulge• Operation Overlord• Convoy System• Phillip Randolph

Problems getting to the war…

• Remember the Atlantic Charter – who do we fight first?

• Battle of the Atlantic – Germans attack ships– 4 months Germans sank 87 ships– By July Germans sank 681– We start sending out the Convoy system

with what improvements…– Results of The Battle of the Atlantic…

Operation Overlord

• D-Day lead by _____• Largest military engagement in history• Separate HQ for what reason?• Started with June 5th but what

happened? So June 6th was the day.• Started with parachutes behind lines

and then…

Eastern Battles Quick Review

• Stalingrad – who won? How? Why important?

• Operations Torch – Ike, Patton – Results?• Italy – who helped?

– Result for Moose• D-Day – Codenamed Operation Overlord

– What was it like?• Battle of the Bulge – Germany’s last

offensive – what happens?

Koosh Review

• Manhattan Project• Battle of the Atlantic• Death Camps• WAAC• Treaty of Versailles

What was D-Day like??

• After 7 days gained ____ miles• 1 month landed: 1 mil. Troops, 567,000

tons of supplies, 170,000 vehicles• Bradley lead air raids so who came

through??• By Sept who had been liberated?

– Later Belgium, and Luxembourg• Back home FDR elected again for the ___

time…

Battle of the Bulge

• American’s capture 1st _____• Hitler makes one big move on Dec 16

– How did that start? – How did it end?

• After this Germany never could attack

What do we Find?

• We are going E Soviets going W• Soviets find Majdanek—what’s that?

– 800,000 shoes, largest ________

• April 25, 1945 started ____ Berlin• April 29, 1945 Hitler wrote a letter said

what? And then they did what?

V-E Day!!

• One week after Hitler died—May 8th, 1945 we got?

• Who didn’t get to celebrate??

• Truman celebrated in his place.

What about the Western Front

• Japan had taken over more people than Germany

• MacArthur ordered out of Phillipeans but said ______

Koosh Review

• V-E Day• Majdanek • Winston Churchill• Lend Lease Act• George Patton

Rebuilding Process

• Yalta Conference– Big ____ determined– Split Germany– Free Elections– Help in the Pacific

• Nuremburg Trials– What did this

establish

• What about in Japan– Well we need to

beat them first!

Allies start going west• Spring 1942—Doolittle’s raid

—• Battle at Midway—who

helped??– Began process of___

• Who returned to Philippines?• Kamikaze pilots—who are

they??• Iwo Jima, Okinawa…• What did we learn from this?

– Why?

Manhattan Project

• Graves and Oppenheimer – 600,000 working on project but none knew what was going on

• 1st Test July 16, 1945 – what do we do?• Do we use it? Why a question?

– Aug. 6 – “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima• Results – Then what do we do?

– Aug. 9 – “Fat Man” dropped on Nagasaki• Results – This time we trick the Japanese

Journal Entry

• The war is over in Europe and the Pacific now what types of problems do you think the US will face?– Think about: Women, returning soldiers,

Japanese Americans, African Americans, our economy, world perception (who likes/dislikes etc…)

Koosh Review

• Doolittle’s Raid• Hiroshima • Little Boy• Douglas MacArthur• Nuremburg Trials

Rebuilding Process In Japan

• What about in Japan– MacArthur’s role– Emperor’s role

• Why is this a big deal?

What happened at home?

• Unemployment went down, farmers did well, everybody working – we forget about ______

• Everybody come home so we institute the ______ and what do soldiers do?

• Discrimination still going on– Ex. Detroit, LA, Zoot Suit

Treatment of Japanese

• Feb 9th, 1942 FDR ordered prison camps (internment) for Jap-American called Nisei – why?

• Forced to sell homes but never ______• Korematsu v US—wanted to be a _____

but went to ____ why?• Fought for reparations got 38 million but

that was only __%• Later Reagan gave everyone ______

What’s that?

Journal Entry

• Read the point/counterpoint on page 791 about the US using the atomic bomb.

• Answer the questions on the bottom of the page.

• Do you think the US should use the atomic bomb now?

Koosh Review

• Nuremburg Laws• St Louis• Kristallnacht• Final Solution• Neutrality Acts