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Tuesday, April 3rd

Today we finished WWII

27. Nuremburg Trials

  • The trails the Nazis went through after the war over the killing of innocent people.

28. Japanese Internment Camps in US

  • Japanese Americans were forced to sell homes and pack one bag.
  • Move into these internment
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4/2/12

1. Selective Training and Service Act

-It forced people 18 and older to join the army

-First peacetime draft in US History

-Used until 1973

-After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs

 

2. Women's role in WWII

-Women started working and li

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monday April 2

1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940

  • Allowed people who were 18 to join the Military
  • Instituted drafts
  • Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
  • after 1973, US milita
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Tuesday, April 3rd 2012.

Today we had our blog discussions of the following topics:

 

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

Allowed people who were 18 to go into the military. Set up the draft (United States institute drafts to try to get their numbers up.

First pe

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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

 -First draft in history.. younger people sent to war

 

2. Women's role in WWII

-played a huge role

-did factory work, were nurses..

 

3. African-American's role in WWII

-many were drafted

-the Tuskegee Airm

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April 3, 2012

2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-

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4-3-12

U.S. homefront

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

passed in 1940

 

2. Women's role in WWII

took over farms for the men in military

worked in factories

nurses

 

 

3. African-American's role in WWII

 

4. Asian's role in WWII

 

5. Hollywood's role in WWII

started

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Tuesday April 3

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940

  • Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet 
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
  • after 1973, US military depends on volunteers to fill needs

 

2. Women's

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Tuesday, April 3

My Cold War topic is President Nixon's visit to China (12).


US Homefront: 

1. Selective Training and Service Act - 1940

  • First peacetime draft in US History
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs
  • After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
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April 3, 2012

Hiroshima Bombing

called the little boy

the plane was calles the ignola gay

the bomb that was droped in nagasacky was called the fat man

VJ Day

August 14, 1945

Japan surrendered thus ending WWII

Yalta Conference Compromise

Germany would be broken into four o

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4/3

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

-First peacetime drat in Us History

-Used until 1973 to fill military needs

-after 1973 US military depends on volunteers to fill needs

2. Women's role in WWII

-before the war women wore dresses stayed a

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U.S. homefront

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

passed in 1940

 

2. Women's role in WWII

took over farms for the men in military

worked in factories

nurses

 

 

3. African-American's role in WWII

 

4. Asian's role in WWII

 

5. Hollywood's role in WWII

started

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Selective Training and Service Act 1940

  • first peacetime draft in us history (we were not at war)
  • used until 1973 to fill military needs
  • After 1973 US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
  • basically forcing people to join the military

Women in WWII

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Monday, April 2

US Homefront: 

1. Selective Training and Service Act - 1940

  • First peacetime draft in US History
  • Used until 1973 to fill military needs
  • After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs

2. Women's role in WWII

  • Before the war, women's roles were t
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Tuesday, April 3rd

US Homefront:

1. Selective Training and Service Act

 First peacetime draft in US history. Passed in 1940 and was used until 1973 to fill military needs. After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs.

2. Women's role in WWII

 Rosie the Rive

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

US Homefront:

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

  • Passed in 1940
  • First peacetime draft in US history

2. Women's role in WWII

  • Rosie the Riviter- women labor poster
  • Worked in factories
  • Proformed men jobs
  • Made war materials
  • Red Cross, nurses, and other milita
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