Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
-Causes
-One of the main causes was the stock market crash.
-Many businesses were over producing their products and people could not afford to buy any of their products.
-Companies layed people off and people were in a lot of debt.
-Many banks failed, people bought on account, and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff which raised the tax on imported goods.
-Effects
-Many people lost their homes.
-People tried to get their money out of their bank but many people couldn't when the banks failed.
-Their were breadlines and soup-kitchens because of all of the people that were homeless.
-Many students dropped out of school because they had to help their parents work.
-Hoovervilles were set up that were towns made of cardboard or plywood.
-The New Deal also meant relief, recovery, and reform.
-The First New Deal focused more on groups and the Second focused more on individuals.
-Groups of the New Deal were the FDIC and the SEC.
Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
-The economy was shattered after the Great Depression.
-People did not trust the banking system because they didn't know if they would close again.
-The New Deal basically helped the unemployed. (Reconstruction Finance Corporation)
-Farmers(Agricultural Adjustment Act)
-Factory Workers(Fair Labor Standards Act)
-Young People(Fairl Labor Standards Act)
-Banks(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
-Stock Market(Securities and Exchange Commision)
-Homeowners(Federal Housing Administration)
-Elderly(Social Security Act)
-Native Americans(Indian Reorganization Act)
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
-Germany was blamed for causing WWll.
-The Treaty of Versailles left Germany with no land.
-Hitler only like people in the Aryan Race.
-Hitler was in power.
-Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones.
-The United Nations was developed to try to keep peace in the world.
Major Events
-Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
-We declared war on Japan.
-Doolittles Raid.
-Germany invaded USSR but were defeated.
-D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
-VE day on March 8, 1945.
-VJ day on August 14, 1945.
-The Atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
-Women played a major role.
-Native Americans helped fight in the war.
-Hollywood made entertainment for the troops.
-Office of Price Administration was established to make sure that prices would not go way up.
-War Production Board was established to encourage factories to make as much product as they could.
-National War Labor Board encouraged people to get along with each other so no one would go on strike.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
-Gorbachev worked with Reagan to take down nuclear missiles.
-The Red Scare which was pretty much the fear of becoming communist.
-The United States was a democracy and the Soviet Union was communist.
-We had NATO which was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
-Stated that if one of the other countries gets attacked we have to help ward off the attackers.
-Truman and Stalin argued about power and we refused to join the United Nations.
-Stalin wanted assurance from Germany that they would not attack them.
-United States wanted to build Germany back up after the war.
-US and Germany tried to stop the spread of Communism.
-Perestroika was rebuilding or reconstructing.
-Glasnot means openness.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
-This is also known as the Forgotten War.
-Korea was split into 2 parts, North and South.
-This was a back and forth war.
-United States was helping the South and China and the Soviet Union were helping the North.
-There was supposed to be an election to make the country communist.
-North Korea admitted to having nuclear weapons.
-Soviets invaded the South to make it communist.
-North Korea focused on the weapons and put all of their money into it.
Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
-This started with French-Indo China.
-United States goal was to stop the spread of communism.
-Vietnam was split in two after WWll.
-French Indo China held onto Vietnam even after they said that they were free.
-The major players were North Vietnam, Vietcong, Ho Chi Minh, South Vietnam, and the United States.
Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.
-911 was the war on terror.
-The group Al-Queda and their leader Osama Bin Laden, had an attack on the twin towers and the pentagon.
-We found out that the Al-Queda group was stationed in Afghanistan.
-This lead to war in Afghanistan.
-Sadaam Hussein apparantely had weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
-We are starting to pull out the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan now.
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