7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
The stock market had a big dip, and so a few people pulled out money, and so more people pulled out their money which people saw so they pulled out THEIR money and there was just a big crash because everyone pulled out or lost their money. Then, since nobody would spend money, nobody would make money, and so businesses would have to let people go, and then they wouldn't make money and so they wouldn't be able to spend money so others would be let go, and soon everyone was in total poverty, with hoover blankets "newspapers" and such. The effects being poverty everywhere and no one having money, no one had jobs, and it was just awful so the new president created a ton of programs to help people, and the economy eventually recovered. Also, since the United States businessmen had no money, we could not buy from other countries and so other countries were also affected.
1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
The main things were relief recovery, and reform. First was the help to banks and railroads and stuff, the many employment organizations, social security, the bank managing associations, and lots of stuff like that. Farmers had to burn a ton of crops because they had overproduced and needed to raise the value of goods, they weren't transferred to decrepit areas such as inner cities who desperately needed food because that was communistic.
2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
Hitler began taking power, and eventually became the leader of Germany. He began prosecuting Jews, and began killings Jews after taking their rights and killing off minorities such as homos and Jehovah's Witnesses, Kristallnacht was a huge thing, thousands of German soldiers smashed in the windows of all the ghettos crowded full of thousands of jews each. Then Germany invaded Poland, and it all went south. They took over Poland easily, moved on to France, France set up the Marinot Line or whatever but Germany was just like "oh well, let's get Belgium while we're at it guys" so they took that shortcut and had France within a month. Then they began bombing Great Britain, but never invaded, and established the Atlantic Wall. Then they invaded Russia, a huge mistake. They went for the three capital cities and seiged one, didn't quite get to another and got about 90% of the last. Then eventually the psycho fearless Russians began pushing them back and eventually got them back. Also Pearl Harbor happened and we got really angry and then beat the crap out of the Japs by the Battle of Midway, and then annihilated them up until the devastating pair of nuclear bombs dropped on their two cities. Then the treaty was signed and Germany surrendered after D Day and all that which went through Italy and such and we just dominated them and took their guns away.
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
We didn't get involved until Pearl Harbor, which gave us a huge motivation to go pawn some n00b Japs. We got to the Battle of Midway, losing erry battle, and then annihilated them completely at Midway and went all the way to Japan through Island Hopping. We dropped two nukes on them and they tapped out.
Then we took back the Italian invaded Africa, owned, and soon it was D Day. We liberated France and Italy and stuff and went straight to Germany, so hitler surrendered.
Ultra and Magic were huge. They were the devices that decoded the German and Japanese codes, respectively, and so we knew what they were doing before they did it.
Also, good versus evil right? Good always wins.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
The cold war was a political and idealogic struggle, communism versus freedom, between the Soviet Union and the United States. Alright the USSR and the US were basically at a "war" for dominance. China becoming communist was not good, also when we both had nukes is when this shindig really took off. Soon we had long range missiles and then were building anti missile stuff, but outlawed it so it was a two person russian roullette game haha russian but anyways yeah eventually the SALT treaties were formed, and then a revolution in the USSR which overthrew the communist government and then all it's little communists broke away.
Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria all revolted against the USSR and communism. December 26 1991 the Soviet Union was officially done.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
This happened from 1950 to 1953. North Korea invaded South Korea to try to get them to become a part of their communist regime. UN soldiers, particularly US soldiers fought to push them back, and pushed them up to the Chinese border. They thought there would be an invasion, and so they invaded North Korea back. There was a cluster of confusion so an armistice was signed, not a treaty to end the war so it is still going today. There is a demilitarized zone at the border. But now North Korea has nuclear (NOT NUKULAR) weapons, so that's not good.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
The area used to be called French Indochina. After WWII this all began. The Vietnamese were fighting the Vichi french and the Japs, and we were allies. It was said they would get independence after WWII. Even though the French were diminished, they tried to hold on to French Indochina. However, the French lost and Vietnam was independent, and then split into 2. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was democratic. In 1950 we started helping. The french were supported by us to win over communism but they failed. Then we sent military advisors to help in 1960 under Eisenhower. Under JFK in the 60's, sent more advisors and the Green Berets. Then it was Johnson who really started it, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It looked like our ships had been attacked by the North Vietnamese, and Congress gave Johnson the go ahead, and there were many more combat troops deployed. Then more troops were sent and more troops and more troops were sent. Then they decided some more troops would help. And then more troops, to sent them over the edge. But that didn't work, so more troops. THen in 1968 the Vietnam war started going down, both in people's opinions and conflict. 536000 troops were in there,the Tet Offensive began, with the enemy that was "on their heels" abandoned guerrilla warfare for a bit and launched a huge offensive, and we annihilated them, which made us seem like liars. There was the My Lai massacre (504 vietnamese civilians were mutilated and raped), war protests, draft dodgers, and the Kent St. Massacre of 1970. In 69 Nixon called for the end of the war. 70-72 Nixon bombs Laos and Cambodia, destroyed the Ho Chi Mihn Trail, and in 73 the US pulled out of Vietnam. "Peace With Honor". All of Vietnam became communist after that.
So we lost.
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.
The fall of the twin towers provoked our invading Afghanistan to attack Al Qaeda. Our goal in Operation Enduring Freedom was basically to destroy Al Qaeda and kill Osama bin Laden to establish a democratic government. We have been doing very well in there, but not done yet. Combat troops are out, still have military advisers and such. We are hoping to be completely out by summer.
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