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May 19, 2010

Whitney; Nuclear Arms Race-The Nuclear Arms Race was to gain authority and power in nuclear warfare-The Soviet Union and the US were the main two, but also their allies- Other countries around the world began to make nuclear weapons-JFK announces bui
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May 18, 2010

Amanda Blum; China Becomes Communist-Chiang Kai-Shek was a nationalist- struggled with inflation and failing economy-He suffered from a weak leadership and poor morale-Mao Zedong took over, Kai-Shek was forced to leave- was a communist-communist part
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Friday, May 23, 2010

There was a large amount of conflict and fighting int he country of Yugoslavia. It was evetnually broken into the Seven present day countries which we know as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Czech

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May 12, 2010

Jackie; Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift.- Began June 14, 1948- It didn’t last even a year.Causes were;-when the SU tried to block allies access into Berlin-Stalin ordered the blockade because he didn’t want anyone going in or out-his overall g
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May 11, 2010

Nick

-Many Americans were afraid of communism

-100,000 Americans apart communist party

The House Un-American Activities Committee;get people to join the military or be communist

How?-through movies and propaganda.

-No movies promoting communism

; put the i

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May 4, 2010

semester test schedule

May 4

Wednesday, May 26th Thursday, May 27th

Period 1 8:10 - 9:10 (60 min.) Period 2 8:10 - 9:10 (60 min.)

Period 4 9:20 - 10:20 (60 min.) Period 3 9:20 - 10:20 (60 min.)

Lunch 11:00 - 11:30 (30 min.) Lunch 11:00 - 11:30 (30 min.)

Pe

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May 3, 2010

Today we went over what our topics are for our next project again. Then Mr. Bruns went over what the cold war was just a little bit to give us an idea about it. Then we had the rest of the hour to work on our presentation. Wikipedia is a great place

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April 29, 2010

Mr. Bruns gave his review presentation

The HomeFront:1940 we were still neutral. We were preparing war and the peacetime was set up and it was supporting military needs.

George C. Marshall- chief

US military during WWII;Rosie the Riveter- represented wo

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Friday May 21 2010

We continued watching the Hotel Rwanda video. Our Asia map test is on Monday and Tuesday. We will watch the movie as we take our test.

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Falling Nations and Shattered Somalia

Failed State - a state that has failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government.

The first article called Falling Nation is about nations that are in major chaos. These countries are usually thrown into chaos afte

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Watergate

The Watergate Scandal took place in the United States in the 1970's. These political scandals lasted from 1972 until 1974. On June 17, 1972, Bernard Barker, Virgilo Gonzales, James McCord, Eugenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis broke into the o

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