monday april nineteenth

[2michaela]

today we discussed whats going on. a lot of people are gone so its hard for people to do presentations. we also started discussing the semester test and other stuff like such. assigned blog is post war stuff. i have the great society - discrimination.


Essentials for US History--Semester 2

1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.

2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.

3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.

4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.

5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.

6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.

7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.

8.Students will understand the major economic, political, and socialchanges made during the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's and2000's.

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US Home Front; going on in the us to help win the war.
taxes
raised to pay for war
economy,
controls on prices and wages.
labor;
employment rate went down, women got jobs.
farmers were affected. people moved into city to work in factories.
students got out of school to farm