Unit 11- The Cold War/ 1950s

1. Define communism.

2. Define capitalism.

3. Explain the containment policy.

4. How did the Truman Doctrine prevent the spread of communism?

5. Why did the U.S. go through with the Berlin Airlift?

6. Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War? What was the outcome of the war? Years?

WWII Test Guide

WWII Test Guide

Resources:

-       All notes

-       Video sheet: Over the Edge- study all questions

-       Video sheet: The Homefront- study all questions

-       WWII map of Europe

Topics:

-       Causes of WWII

-       Dictatorships of Europe: Germany, Soviet Union, Italy, Japan- Study your chart; know leaders, type of government and goals

-       Reasons for invasion of Rhineland, Sudetanland

-       Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement

-       Neutrality Acts

-       Lend-Lease Act

-       D-Day

-       Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Date? Quote? What happened the next day?

-       Axis powers; Allies

-       FDR’s 4 Freedoms; Norman Rockwell paintings

-       Selective Training and Service Act

-       How did the American homefront change? Volunteers, rationing, victory gardens, role of women, Rosie the Riveter

-       Role of African Americans- Tuskagee Airmen, Double V Campaign

-       Japanese internment camps

-       Allies strategy at the beginning of the war

-       Victory in Europe- date

-       What happened at the Yalta Conference?

-       2 main goals of the war in the Pacific

-       Island-hopping

-       Potsdam Declaration

-       Atomic bombs- Hiroshima, Nagasaki

-       Victory in Japan day

-       Nuremburg Trials

People:  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, Norman Rockwell, Dwight Eisenhower

The Holocaust

Antisemitism began in Germany in 1933. 9 million Jews lived across European countries that would eventually be taken over by Germany. 6 million Jews died by 1945. That means 2 out of every 3 Jews perished from Nazi genocide.

Your task is to read about the Nazi rule, Jews in prewar Germany, the "Final Solution", Nazi concentration camps, and rescue from the camps. To do this, visit the official site of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum using the links provided below.

Answer all questions in complete sentences on a WORD DOCUMENT in MLA format.  DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.. all answers must be in your own writing.

Due: Friday, April 17 (should be completed during class time on Wed and Thurs)
Value:  20 points (4 points per question)

1. Under the Nazi Rule section, read about why the Nazis also directed their hatred towards handicapped individuals, titled The Murder of the Handicapped. Summarize why the Nazis targeted the handicapped in the T-4/ Euthanasia program.

2. Read about the background to Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp established by the Germans. Explain the setting of the camp, daily life in the camp, impossible escapes, and longevity of prisoners.

3. The Soviet solders were the first to liberate Jews from the camps in 1944. Read and summarize the liberation experience faced by the Allied soldiers, what they saw, and the reactions of the survivors.

4. Look at all 3 pages of photographs on the site. Choose the photograph that stands out to you the most. Identify the photograph and be sure to state your reasons why it "caught your eye."

5. Lastly, browse away from the Holocaust website to find TWO other acts of genocide in history (look up this word if you don't know what it means). The term genocide didn't officially exist until the 1940's, so you may need to alter your search words to find examples pre-1940. Use any credible source to find your answer. You do not need to cite your source.

WWII Identifications

WWII Identifications

1.     Neutrality Acts 1935-1937

2.     Cash and Carry 1947

3.     Lend-lease Act 1941

4.     Atlantic Charter 1941

5.     Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Date?

6.     Who made up the Axis Powers? Allies Powers?

7.     Identify FDR’s Four Freedoms for fighting the war.

8.     Tuskagee Airmen

9.     What did the U.S. government do to Japanese-Americans on the West coast?

10. D-Day

11. What did Harry S. Truman become president?

12. V-E Day

13. What was decided at the Yalta Conference?

14. Nuremberg Trials

15. Island hopping

16. Manhattan project

17. Potsdam declaration

18. Dates of the dropping of the atomic bomb

19. Total # of WWII deaths

20. Total # of Jewish killed in Holocaust

1930s/ Great Depression Quiz Guide

Study the video sheet- "Stormy Weather"

Topics:
- date of the stock market crash
- causes of the crash
- years of depression
- 1932 election candidates
- How did FDR differ from Hoover regarding the role of the federal gov?
- Name of FDR's program for America
- FDR's First Hundred Days
- Emergency Banking Relief Act
- 3 goals of the New Deal
- Be able to answer the New Deal programs (CCC, WPA, NIRA, PWA, AAA) in a matching format
- How did FDR prevent another depression- Truth in Securities Act, FDIC
- Info about the Migrant Mother photo
- 3 Goals of the Social Security program
- Huey Long
- Arguments against the New Deal
- Arguments for the New Deal

Unit 8- 1920s Test Guide

1920s Test Guide

-       Text:  Ch. 20

-       Other resources: notes, video sheet “Boom to Bust”, all homework

Society in the 1920s

            - Identify several factors that made life difficult after World War I

            - How did the flapper represent women’s changing roles?

            - Changes in demographics- to where were Americans moving?

            - American heroes- Why did Americans look to heroes?

Mass Media and the Jazz Age

            - Define mass media; Role of mass media in creating a national culture

            - 1^st “talkie”; 1^st radio station

            - Hollywoodland sign

            - Explain the role of advertising in the 1920s

            - Harlem Renaissance

Cultural Conflicts

Explain the split between urban and rural America; making progress but resisting changes

            The Red Scare

            - What was it?

            - How did Sacco and Vanzetti represent America’s fear of foreign, radical ideas?

Prohibition

            - Amendment? Goals?

            - How did it represent urban vs rural lifestyle

            - % of NY vs Kansas who followed the amendment

            - Negative outcomes of prohibition: bootleggers, speakeasies, organized crime

            Religion

            - How did the Scopes Trial represent urban vs rural religious beliefs

            - Evolution vs Fundamentalism

            Racial Tensions

            - Why did membership of the KKK rise to 4 million?

            - How did this represent a clash between urban and rural attitudes about race?

(KKK vs Harlem Renaissance)

A Consumer Economy

            - Define above

            - Explain the ripple effect of increased spending in an economy

            - Explain credit/ installment plan

            - Explain how Henry Ford democratized the auto; identify 2 ways that he was able

to maximize his profits

- Identify the economic impact of the auto on various industries

The Economy in the late 1920s

            - Who won the 1928 election? What was his belief about the economy?

            - Identify the economic danger signs of the decade

                        - uneven prosperity: industry, wealth, income

                        - role of personal debt

                        - Playing stock market- speculation, buying on margin

                        - overproduction

                        - hardships for farmers

CYBER DAY- Mar 5

Watch the crash course video about the 1920s and answer the following questions.  You will turn in the answers during our next class. The answers should reflect the information from the video and must be your own work. 

1920s Crash Course Video

1.     Provide an overview of the Republican government in the 1920s.

2.     Who were the presidents of the 1920s?

3.     Why did industry boom in the 1920s?

4.     What were some of the labor saving devices?

5.     What was the most significant leisure activity for Americans?

6.     Who was the biggest celebrity of the decade?

7. What groups of people did not prosper in the 1920s?

8. Why was it a “reactionary decade?”

9. What did the immigration laws do during the decade? Who was restricted?

10. What did the Scopes Trial lead to in American society?