Essentials for US History--Semester 2
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
-Causes: The stock market crash in 1929. Factories and Farming were overproducing, and they weren't able to sell anything. Companies had to lay people off. People were in massive debt so they quit buying products, companies weren't making money. Most people were poor. they couldn't really afford anything. The terrif policy. Hoover passed a very high terrf. It cut world trade down. People could only buy american products. Lower terifs would have been better because people would have been able to buy our products. No one was buying anything outside of the US.
1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
- The Great Depression caused a lot of people to loose jobs, and many were so poor they had to move to places called Hoovervilles. Roosevelts New Deal created the Alphabet Soup Organizations that helped people get jobs, and money. Social Security was also developed during this time.
2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
-Germany still wasn't happy about the Treaty of Versailles and the loss of a lot of their land. Germany's invasion of Poland is what started the war. They invaded them in September 1939. Another cause was the Great Depression in the US. A major event was Hitler killing off millions of people becase they weren't of the Aryan race. Other major events include Pearl Harbor, and nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. VE Day- Victory in Europe: On March 8, 1945VJ Day- Victory in Japan- End of War: August 14, 1945.
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
-The Allies won the war for a few reasons. First, the homefront produced a lot ofweapons and supplies.The women really helped with the war. Also, there was a mass production of boats. And Hitler's invasion of the USSR helped win. It was his biggest mistake, he invaded Leningrad, Stalingrad, and St. Petersburg. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped completely end the war.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
-Causes: America was afraid of Communism spreading, so that was the major cause. Effects were the Fall of Communism, and the fall ofthe Berlin Wall, and the Iron Curtain. Major events include Detente which was
The easing of strained relations, especially in political situations. Used to describe the easing of relations between the US and Soviet Union in the 1970's in the Cold War. The Fall of Communism was the biggest event. Cuban Missile Crisis was when we almost went to nuclear war with Cuba. The "crisis" began on October 15, 1962. Bay of Pigs was a CIA operation that failed.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
-The Forgotten War: 1950-1953. After ww2 Korea was split into 2. Was basically a back and forth war, the north invaded the south the UN gets involved, then china gets involved, and helps push us back down the border, and we push them back. Today we have thousands of troops along the DMZ, an armistice was signed saying they wouldn't fight anymore. The big concern today is North Koreas nuclear weapons, and atomic bombs. They're one of the 5 Communist countries in the world. North Korea is in terrible disarray.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
- Ho Chi Minh Tried to get independence from France, then went to China and helped Maou Ze Dong come to power. Ho Chi Minh went to help fight off the Japanese in WW2. Thought they would get independence. The French started fighting. In 1950 we gave money to the French to help stop communism from spreading. France looses and pulls out. The US takes over. By the mid-1950's we sent military advisors. Then we send Green Berets (special forces) and more advisors in the early 1960's. 1964-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-congress gave Johnson permission to do whatever he felt he had to do to stop communism. Through 1968 they sent more&more combat troops. 1968 was the key year. The Tet offensive took place-Tet is the lunar new year. Our enemy launched a large offensive. Every single city in the South (our allies) was attaked by North Korea. We demolished them in this defensive. After this there were less troops. My Lai Massacre- US soldiers killed 504 Vietnamese civilians. By 1973 we were completely out of Vietnam. 1975 all of Vietnam became communist.
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the War on Terror.
-9/11 started the War on Terror. Al Quaeda is responsible, and we found out the Thaliban is in Afghanistan, so we invaded Afghanistan. Managed to establish a democratic government. We managed to get Osama bin Laden in Pakastan a few weeks ago.
-Went to Iraq in 2003 because we thought they had weapons of mass destruction. We found out they didn't have any a few years after. Abu Grey prison. Then Saddam Hussein is caught in 2006. We started a Democratic government there. By last August we got all of our combat troops out of there. We still have advisors there so the terrorists don't take control.
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