Utah In the Modern Age. World War II – Rise of Dictators Adolf Hitler was elected into the German...
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Utah In the Modern Age. World War II – Rise of Dictators Adolf Hitler was elected into the German government and made himself supreme leader Josef Stalin
World War II Rise of Dictators Adolf Hitler was elected into
the German government and made himself supreme leader Josef Stalin
became General Secretary of the Communist Party in Russia after the
death of Lenin
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World War II in Europe
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Pearl Harbor While the Axis were taking over Europe, the
Japanese were on a conquest of their own in Asia Japan invaded
Manchuria, China The US objected to Japans actions and started to
cut off trade with Japan On December 7, 1941, Japan retaliated by
attacking the Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii The very next day
Congress declared war on Japan Three days later, Germany and Italy
declared war on the US
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Utah Gets Involved 71,000 men from Utah served in the armed
forces Utah was also used as a training ground for pilots Most of
Utahs resources went to help the war effort
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Navajo Code Talkers Many Navajo volunteered to serve and many
joined the Marine Corps Their Navajo language was perfect for
secret code Many of the radio messages were intercepted by the
enemy, but they didnt recognize Navajo as a real language
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Life in Topaz Page 256
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End of the War President Roosevelt died in April 1945 The new
President, Truman, was informed of the Manhattan Project Truman had
to make the decision as to whether drop the atomic bomb on Japan or
not He did Did he make the right decision? Two bombs were dropped
The first was on Hiroshima. The second on Nagasaki If only I had
known, I would have become a watch- maker Albert Einstein
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The Cold War After WWII, the US tried to stop the spread of
communism all around the world The capital of Germany, Berlin, was
divided into two parts: the democratic side and the communist side
The allies made many attempts to bring supplies to the communist
side in the Berlin Airlift One man, Gail S. Halvorson from
Tremonton, was known as the Berlin Candy Bomber People all around
the country were afraid of communism and nuclear war The federal
government started to pump a lot of money into defense bases, like
Hill Air Force Base, to keep the country safe
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The Television Revolution TVs were first introduced in the
1920s but did not become widely available until after the war
Families would gather around watching shows like the Lone Ranger
and The Ed Sullivan Show Philo Farnsworth was born in Beaver, UT He
came up with the idea of electric transmission of pictures when he
was 15 By the age of 21 he began building the first all-electric
television image A statue of Farnsworth stand at the US Capital
building representing Utah
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War in Korea The first conflict in Americas campaign against
communism was in Korea Utahs defense industry worked to help build
missiles that were used during the war 7500 Utah men served in the
war in Korea Uranium was found around Moab which caused the city to
grow very rapidly This uranium was used to make atomic energy
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Urban and Suburban Growth After WWII Utah, along with most of
the country, started to grow its urban and suburban areas
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Vietnam War Another attempt by America to stop the spread of
communism was in Vietnam 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam This
became the first televised war People all over the country, mostly
college students, protested against the war After the war, many
refugees from southeast Asia came to Utah
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Civil Rights Movement Utah, along with most of the country in
the 1960s, began to repeal restrictions on minorities in many
aspects of life Native Americans were given the right to vote
Blacks were allowed to stay at hotels and eat at restaurants Lagoon
was one of the first integrated amusement parks
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Utah Puts a Man on the Moon During the Cold War, the soviets
were the first country to launch a satellite, Sputnik, into orbit
This event launched the space race President Kennedy declared that
the US will put a man on the moon by the end on the 1960s Rockets
that helped launch rockets into space and allowed the shuttles to
land safely back on Earth were built in Utah The first US
government leader in space was a senator from Utah People watch
Americans walk on the moon form Philo Farnsworths invention of the
television Senator Jake Garn
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Age of Computers Much of the earliest software for computers
was developed at U of U and BYU This includes WordPerfect The PC
revolution created smaller computers that people could fit in their
homes Page 269