April 4-8

Monday- Soviet Union presentation, forum post leader

Tuesday- Soviet Union notes, start US presentation

WednesdayUS presentation

Thursdayfinish soviet presentation, US presentation

Fridayfinish US presentation, US notes

Notes:

Soviet Union:

  • red symbolises communism
    • red army 
    • red scare
  • joseph stalin
    • lenin suffered a stroke in 1922 and died
    • when he died, he didnt like stalin
    • after lenin died, there was a power struggle to see who would take over
    • stalin won and gained power
    • instead of giving out power (marxist) like lenin wanted to, he took power
    • yosef ugasavilli 
      • not spelled right but his original name
  • before wwii
    • russia drops out of WWi to fight bolshevik revolution
    • russia became communist and changed name to USSR in 1992
    • purges and deportations to slave labor camps in siberia
    • strengthened the intelligence and secret service
    • created a "cult of personality"
      • make a person seem god-like
      • make the leader bigger than life
    • nationalization and collectivization of the soviet economy
      • nationalization 
        • government takes over businesses
      • collectivization 
        • government takes over farms
      • equality
      • millions of people died because they fought back to keep their business/farm
    • industrialization of soviet economy
    • 5 year plans
      • increase industrial plan and economy
    • policies led to famine in ukraine 
      • 5-10 million died 
        • considered a genocide by some
    • banned religion
  • during wwii
    • signed german-soviet non-agression pact in 1939 leading to the invasion of poland
    • also invaded estonia, latvia, lithuania, and finaland in 1939
    • signed neutrality pact with japan in 1941
    • invaded by germany in june 1941
    • stalin instituted his retreat and "schorched earth policies"
    • russian winter made it hard for other countries like germany
  • wwii ended
  • played huge role in wwii

United States (allies)

  • allied powers 
    • us, great britain, france, china, soviet union
  • us after wwi
    • went back to isolationism
      • republicans feared we would go back to war
    • returned to normalcy
    • never signed treaty of versailles
    • joined 5 and 9 powerpacts, kellog-briand act
  • neutrality
    • wanted to stay out of wars
    • took an attack on us soil (pearl harbor) to get us to join
  • interventionists vs. isolationists
    • dr. seuss was an interventionists and wanted us to do something and get rid of neutrality act
  • america 1st committee
    • want to make america 1st
    • tried to keep us out of war
    • major isolationists
  • neutrality acts
    • neutrality of 1935
      • stop trading with countries at war
    • neutrality of 1936
      • stop loaning money to countries at war
    • neutrality of 1937
      • cash and carry system, not weapons
    • neutrality of 1938
      • cash and carry system, with weapons
  • quarantine speech- 1937
    • roosevelt thought that peaceful nations need to stop the agressors
  • panat incident
    • american gunboat attacked on river in china by japan
    • 3 us troops killed, 45 wounded
    • japan apoligized, said it was accident
      • paid us money
  • bases for destroyers
    • 50 us destroyers were given to great britain in exchange for land rights on british colonies for naval/air bases
      • mainly in the carribian
        • jamaica, bahamas, antigura, etc
  • end of us neutrality-lend lease act
    • got rid of neutrality acts
    • we will send, lend, or give war materials to nations the us wanted to support
    • we gave $50 billion (650 billion today) to allied nations throughout war
    • over %50 of what we lent was military supplies
    • also lent
      • services
      • food
      • industrial products
    • gave to (over $1 billion to each)
      • great britain
      • soviet union
      • china
  • selective training and service act
    • required men between 21-35 to register
    • later extended to ages 18-45 after ended war
    • 1st peace time draft in us history
    • many people volunteered
  • pearl harbor- december 7, 1941 (sunday morning)
    • 3 waves planned
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