Download - warm up 4/4/13
warm up 4/4/13
• List the 4 Allied Powers and 3 Axis Powers
• label each group
Warm up 4/7/14Years for WWII -2 alliance groups –US president during WWII -
summary of big ideas you need to understand after studying WWII
• Explain a difference between the Holocaust and Internment camps
• What started WWII?• Did the US make the right decision to drop the
Atomic Bomb? Why?• What do the Code Talkers, Pearl Harbor and
the Battle of Midway all have in common?• What were the people in America doing during
WWII?
Why study WWII?• WWII started because of dictators wanting
more power and territory. They tried to get complete control of their people and expand the power of their country.– Today this is happening in N. Korea, for example.
•To prevent WWII, some countries used appeasement -giving in to demands for land in exchange for peace
-today the US has been accused of this in the Ukraine by doing very little when Russia took Kiev**You are the President, what would you do?
• During WWII, Hitler and Stalin killed millions of people because of their political views, religion or ethnicity.– Today, (pick 2 of these as examples to write down)
*Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe *Burma - Than Shwe *N. Korea – Kim Jong-un *China – Xi Jinping *Iran - Ali Khamenei *Eritrea - Isaias Afwerki *Saudi Arabia - Abdullah bin Abdul-AzizShould the world step in?? Yes or no – why?
Why study WWII?
Why study WWII?Don’t need to write any of this!
• The Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI was harsh on Germany.
• The League of Nations had no power to enforce the rules to keep Germany under control.
• What did the world learn??• Today – The United Nations and the World
Court work to resolve problems and gain support for military actions so that 1 country doesn’t dominate the others
• To end the war with Japan quicker, Pres. Truman agreed to drop the atomic bomb. When Japan did not immediately surrender, the US dropped a second one.
• Today – the US worries about who has weapons of mass destruction. The United Nations tries to control access to the technology and the materials to make WMDs.
• Is it right for the US and the UN to make that decision?
Why study WWII?
Warm up 4/4/14
• Define Appeasement
• Class work today – finish 5 column chart from Monday
• HW – catch up!! Cover page, vocab, map, notes from Monday, chart from today
warm up 4/10/14• Why is the Treaty of Versailles considered
a cause of WWII?
1. It was forced Germany to accept all blame for WWI.2. One WWI winner, Japan, did not receive any new
land after WWI. The Japanese government was angry about that.
3. Germany was ordered to pay $300 billion in reparations.
4. League of Nations was created to maintain peace but since the US did not join, it was weak and could not enforce any of the rules.
1945
today’s assignment
• Read p. 758 – 763• Use the 3 reading focus
questions to guide you• Take Cornell notes or create
a chart for notes• Quiz at the end of the hour
Moving the troops to war
Women African Americans p. 762 – 763 both sections & use card
Hispanics Japanese Americans – use card
Native Americans – use card
Title: The effect of
the war on the
people of the US p.
p. 758 - 763
1. What spending ended the Great Depression?2. Name 1 women’s war effort unit.3. What role did African Americans serve in the
military?4. What did the Native Americans do to help with
the war effort?5. Why was the Bracero Program established?6. What happened during the zoot suit riots?7. Give an example of Japanese service during
the war.
4/11/14 warm up
How can you tell that most Americans supported the US war effort?
rest of info for 4th column
draw picture
Turning points of WWII
Eisenhower ledthe D-Day invasionof France to push the Germans back
General DouglasMacArthur ledPacific troops
Battle ofMidway-1942- US beatJapan to showthat US navy strength hadreturned
D-DayEisenhower ledAllied forces toland on beachesof Normandy,France June 6, 1944
Battle of the Bulge-last Germanoffensive- beginningof the end for Germany
rest of info for
3rd column
top flapInitial
Aggression
draw picture US helped
Allies
for each titleUS entered the war with
strong leaders
Battles
under the flapsGermany
Italy
Japan
Turning points of WWII
- took Austria &Czechoslovakia-invaded Poland
- invaded N. Africa
- invaded Manchuria
*FDR asked for the Lend-Lease Program
-sent supplies toAllies even ifthey couldn’t pay
-Ended the Great Depression
-women & minoritieswent to work in factories
*FDR asked Congress to declare war after Pearl Harbor 12/7/41*GeneralEisenhower ledtroops in N.Africa & Europe
Battle ofStalingrad-Soviets stoppedGerman advance1943-turning pointfor USSR tostart winning
warm up 4/14/14• Which of the 4 battles from
Friday’s notes do you think affected WWII the most? Why?