Great Depression- It all started with the stock market crash. People in the 1920’s were so happy but when the stock market crashed people stopped buying things. When people don’t spend their money then businesses don’t get costumers. Then when businesses don’t get costumers then the business goes into debt.
The first New Deal took place from 1933-1934. It didn't end the depression but it did help the people that were in need of some helping. The First Deal wanted to rebuild the economy. The major thing they wanted to rebuild was the banks.
Second New Deal helped the common people. The CWA was made so that people could get good jobs (which were mostly construction jobs). FSA was made to help farmers that were going into debt.
. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
-Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7 1941
-D-Day - June 6 1944
Initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. This was the largest invasion , there was 175,000 troops landing in Normandy. There was an air assault and an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the cost of France. Operation Overlord began on D-Day. American casualties were light,
-Atomic bombing - Aug. 6 Aug. 9 August 15 signed doc. Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Cities that got severely bombed and Japan wouldn't surrender. So we bombed them again and they surrender.
-Africa/European Front - This war consisted of desert warfare. The war came out as a win for the allied powers. The main general for the United States was General George Patton. The Main leader for Germany was Rommel. The war on Germany started after Russia and Germany invade Poland and singed the non aggression pact that promised Russia Germany would not invade them, but they did.
-Pacific Front - It was the battle between us and Japan we were island hoping so we can have ports near Japan and we finished them off by 2 Atomic Bomb droppings in Japan
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
We had a lot of supplies. Germany was fighting a two sided war and they made some dumb moves towards the end of the war.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
a. Define the Cold War and its causes - It was more of a political war and messing around with nuclear weapons. We were Democratic and Soviet Union was Communist
b. Policy of Containment -domino effect, mutual deterrence, massive retaliation,
- Policy of containment= used to stop the spread of communism
- Domino effect= if the Soviets took over 1 county then it would just keep spreading one after another
- Mutual deterrence= used to stop the spread of communism
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Truman Doctrine- Strategy to contain communism. Turkey and Greece needed our help to save them from communism, we provided them with the Truman Doctrine and money/ military help.
Marshall Plan- Main plan for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for Western Europe
NATO – It was a group of countries that had each others back so when one country attacked them that they would help out.
c. Both Berlin Crises -
1st. They had blockade around so no one would leave Berlin and they will starve to death.
d. The Red Scare--McCarthyism and HUAC - Red Scare is when immigrants were invading the Untied States to promote Communism.
e. Fidel Castro,
Bay of Pigs-was the US attempt to take Castro out of power by using CIA trained anti-Castro Cubans to kill him.
Missile Crisis -
f. China -
g. Nuclear Arms Race and Reductions –
--- Nuclear Arms Race was from 1945 to 1970.
How the Cold War ended
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
1950- 1953, North wanted to connect the country under communism, South and the US wanted to unite them under democracy. It was a back and forth war. Nobody really won. Technically they're still at war.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
1950- 1975. 1950 Started with Vietnam vs. France in a battle where Vietnam totally dominated France and they thought they would get their independence but they didn't. The north became communist and the south was anti communist but not really democratic. US troops came in to help out the south. We never invaded because China and the Soviets were behind the lines, but we did do air attacks. Ted Offensive was the attack of the North on every major city on the South. This is what the US wanted because then they could fight man to man and the US troops totally dominated the North Viet Comm. but the American public saw this and saw that the end of the war wasn't as near as it was said to be. After this the Vietnam conflict became very unpopular. Nixon got us out of the war, "Vietnamization" letting the Vietnamese take over. Vietnam is one of the 5 communist countries left.
h. How the Cold War ended
- Soviet Union went bankrupt
-They spent most of their money on the war with Afghanistan
- the Soviet union collapsed and the U.S became the biggest military power
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