April 18th- April 21st

m- no school 

t- notes 

w- test 

th- study day 

f- test 

  • War Finance Committee and War Bonds 
    • Helps pay for the war 
    • 85 million people purchased them $185 billion 
  • Japanese Internment Camps 
    • Sell your goods 
    • Relocation camps 
    • We weren't killing; no forced labor 
  • Be able to describe the causes ( in Asia, Europe and for the US). effects and major events of WWII 
    • Treaty of Versailles 
      • Unfair-ish treatment to Japan and Germany after WWI
    • The Great Depression 
    • Hitler's Action in the 1930's 
    • Mussolini's actions in the 1930's 
    • Failure of the League of Nations 
    • Policy of Appeasement 
    • Hitler's invasion of Poland
    • Rise of Nationalism 
  • In Asia 
    • Great Depression 
  • For US 
    • Quit trading supplies (oil) with Japan in the summer of 1941 
    • Tough policies towards japan in the Fall 
    • Pearl Harbor 
  • Effects of WWII 
    • Stimulated economy 
      • 17 million new jobs 
      • Average wages increased by 30% 
      • Middle Class greatly expanded 
    • Federal Power during the war increased 
      • Shifted from the state laws to federal laws- important during civil right era and Vietnam War 
    • More Women involved in the workforce 
    • More rights for African Americans- integrated troops 
    • Germany Nazi party was completely destroyed and Germany was split into 4 zones and two sides (countries) 
    • Japanese Cities were destroyed from bombing and Japan was placed under US military rule 
    • Most deaths ever in a war 
      • We lost 291,557
      • USSR lost a little over 6.1 million people
      • Germany lost 3.25 million people  
    • United Nations starts 
    • Cold War- US vs USSR
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