Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
The stock market crash of 1929 is probably the biggest cause of the Great Depression. Also, bank failures, unemployment, high tariffs (like the Hawley-Smoot tariff), farm overproduction, and debt. People weren't making money so they didn't buy things, businesses were losing business so they layed people off, those people weren't making money so they didn't buy things and on and on and on. There were many effects. Loads of new legislature came out like the FDIC and the SEC. The New Deal (Relief, Recovery, Reform). The first new deal focused on groups and the seconds focused on individuals. There was the dust bowl down south, people started migrating to cities. Most people who lived during the Great Depression became really tight with their money afterwards and never really gained back trust in banking.
Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
Well I guess I should've read through all the question first because I just answered this up there ^. As an impact, lots of people lost trust in banks and hoarded their money. They became very tight with it which isn't really a bad thing I guess. The New Deal was passed by FDR. There were two of them actually, the first and the second. The first one focused on groups such as businesses and the second focused on individuals. The primary purpse was Relief, Recovery, Reform. Some people thought that FDR spent too much money on this and some people thought not enough. It created a massive budget deficit. The new deal helped the unemployed (social security act, public works admin.), farmers (AAA, farm security admin.), factory workers (NIRA, wagner act), young people (civilian conserv. corp, national youth admin.), banks/business (FDIC, emergency banking relief act), home owners (home owners loan corp, federal housing admin.), elderly (social security act and admin.), and native americans (indian reorgan. act). Priming the pump is when the gov't puts money in and hopefully citizens start spending.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
Causes: Treaty of Versailles. Germay was mad about having their land taken away and was out for redemption. The Great Depression also. The League of Nations didn't help either. The invasion of Poland. Invasion of Manchuria. Effects: Germany was divided into four zones between US, France, GB, and the Soviets. France and Great Brittain had all but been destroyed so the US and Soviet Union emerged as world powers. The war helped us get out of the great depression because it created jobs and gave people a purpose. Jews were sent to Palentine which was later renamed Israel. The Marshall Plan helped against communism. The United Nations was formed. This was the wee beginning of the Cold War. The Nazis also faced the Nuremburg Trials. Major Events: The war started with the invasion of Poland. There was the Battle of Britain. Japan bombed us at Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941). We declared war on Japan. Doolittle's Raid bombed Tokyo. The Battle of Midway (turning point). Germany invaded USSR but was defeated. D-Day (invasion in France, June 6 1944). The Holocaust was going on during all this. Battle of the Bulge (German/Belgian border). The Yalta Conference with the big three which split Germany into four zones. VE day was March 8, 1945. Then of course there were the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. VJ day was August 14, 1945.
Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
The homefront helped a lot with victory gardens, propaganda, women who worked in factories. We made a lot of stuff. Intelligence gathering, Ultra and Magic. U-Boat detection. The atomic bomb. D-Day. The Battle of Midway was the turning point.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
Causes: Basically the USSR and the US were just too different. Government (democracy vs communism). Economic (we wanted free trade, they didn't). The fight for power. We had NATO, they had the Warsaw Pact. They had agreed to free elections but didn't follow through. It was a war of ideologies. Effects: we both started hoarding atomic bombs/missiles. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed. Vietnam and Korean Wars. The Berlin Wall was demolished. Then the Warsaw Pact disintegrated. Communism collapsed. America became the number one super power. Major Events: HUAC was created to flush out commies. Berlin Blockade and Airlift (flew supplies into Soviet controlled Berlin). Definitely the Cuban Missile Crisis (closest we came to a nuclear war). It was a nuclear arms race the whole time. The Bay of Pigs (we invaded Cuba, attempted to kill Castro, failure). NATO was set up. Krushchev came to power preaching a peaceful coexistence. The Berlin Wall was constructed to separate the Soviet controlled part of Berlin. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan (wanted to preserve communism and they didn't like Amin, failure). End: Detente in 70s, ease tensions. Russian invasion of Afghanistan broke down USSR's economy. Gorbachev wanted it to end, made treaty with Reagan, reformers took over, slowly took down communist party, lots of financial costs, people were tired of being ignored, democratic elections in 1991. Perestroika and Glasnost (openness and restructuring).
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
1950-53. Back and forth. North invades south to unite country under communism, do well at first. Most fighting takes place along border. Eisenhower promised to end war which he did. We have soldiers stationed along demilitarize zone. North Korea admitted to having nuclear weapons about 5-6 years ago. North Korea is struggling, South is flourishing.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
1950-75. Between France, US, North/South Vietnam, and VietCong (communist). Used helicopters. US wanted to stop communism, North Vietnamese wanted independence. Ho Chi Minh was communist leader (wanted freedom). France wanted Vietnam, lost it, we step in because of communism. Escalation then de-escalation. At first we sent $ to France, then military advisors, then Green Berets and more advisors. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, US ships attacked, congress gave Johnson power to wage war. Combat troops sent it. Then more. Nixon becomes president and falls for end of war. Then he bombs Laos & Cambodia, destroy Ho Chi Minh Trail. US pulls out of Vietnam in 1973 "peace with honor". All of Vietnam becomes communist in 1975. My Lai Massacre, US soldiers killed 504 Vietnamese civilians, women raped, bodies mutilated. Napalm Attacks, spray burning liquid, hurt civilians. People could get out of serving.
Students will understand the causes and effects of the War on Terror.
We went to war because of 9/11, attack on World Trade Center. Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, gov't was Taliban. We invade. Taliban thrown out, we set up democracy but we never finished it. Hoping to pull out by this summer. Went to war in Iraq because of Sadam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. Sadam put to death by Iraqi people. Obama has pulled all combat troops out of Iraq. Only advisors left there.
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