Today we continued WWII discussion.
US Homefront: What U.S was doing back home to help win the war.
1. Selective Training and Service Act- first peacetime draft in U.S history. used until 1973 to fill military needs, after 1973 military depended on v
selsctive training and service act 1940
first peace time draft in usa history
used until 1973 to fill military needs
after 1973 us military depended on volunteers to fill needs
gerorge c marshall cheif of tstaff of the is military druin
u boats how speed
Today we continued with WWII info for the second test.
Manhattan Project
General Leslie Groves
the general in charge of the manhattan project
Manhattan Project was the code name for the atomic bomb
very few people knew about it
J Robert Oppenheimer
the scientist in charge of developing the atomic bombs
he was a communist
they
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall- Chief of Staff of the US Military during WWII. He stayed in Washington D.C. controlled all the men in the military. President the only person above him.
general leslie groves:
general in charge
oversaw everything
j rober oppenheimer:
scientist in charge of atomic bombs
alamorgordo is where they dropped the first atomic bomb
trinity was the name of the first dropping of the atomic bomb
enola gay:
plane tha
Today we finished the powerpoint.
Trinity:
-code word for the first atom bomb dropping
Enola Gay:
-name of the plane that would drop the atom bomb
-"little boy"- the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima- nicknamed "Little Boy" because it was smaller than t
today i was sick.
KEEP!!
bruns gave out our next blog assignment which isnt due for the next two weeks. im dueing i have kennedy for my president that i have to blog about.
Then there is the cold war project this will be a 200 pt project
this wont be d
Today we finshed our powerpoint and we might watch a video at the end of class.
US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act
-Military Needs
-First Peacetime draft (up to 1973) know this!!!
-U.S depended on volunteers to fill military needs
2. Wom
In the presidential campaign of 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy went up against Republican vice president Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy challenged Nixon to several televised debates. Since the percentage of Americans with televisions in their homes was no
Getteng new map tests. finishing up blog discussions.
zach talked about a plane, kayla talked about a boy genius.
th-th-th-thats all for now folks
Going over blogs again, then doing tests... I'm so scared... I barely know the maps at all! Let alone the countries' capitals too!
Taylor - A bombing..
Kayla - 12 yr old tries to prove Einstein is wrong???
Zach W. - a plane with the big hole.
I did reall
rest of blogs
pakistan bombing over 100 injured killed himself by bomb
12 year old is tryig to prove that einstein was wrong saying light has mass
plane hole was discovered in the fusalage had to make emergancy laning at an air base two sea
rest of blogs
Kayla - a kid is trying to prove insteins theory wrong, he thinks that light has mass
Taylor - a bomb took place over the weekend.
test is today and tomorrow.
We are going to be taking our central america, south america, and caribbean islands test in a minute, and we got this 3-page front and back packet of all the asia countries. AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH THIS IS GOING TO BE IIIIIIIMMMMMPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOSSSS
New map Asia.
Blog Disscusion
Then test:/
My blog.
Kayla-
12yr old trying to prove Einstein wrong.
-Saying light does have math.
-Taught himself all these thing graduated highschool already at the age of 8.
Zach-
Plane with a hole found.
-They had to make a
