http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybnzMnFEWJY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=_U1PDRIXp20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUR6EkNcICE&feature=related
Justify- show an act to be just, right or moral The U.S. condemned targeting civilians by Germany and Britain during World War 2. How can they justify bombing Japan? VIDEO: did the brutality of the Japanese in World War 2, and/ or the attack on Pearl Harbor, influence your stance? Is using a nuclear bomb any different than firebombing Japanese cities? Is either justifiable? If the bomb had been successfully detonated ½ year earlier, would we be justified in bombing Berlin? Do the first hand accounts influence your stance? What were the other options? Was this necessary? What was the main concern of the scientists in Document 2? What did the Soviet Union have to do with the decision? Does this influence your stance? Does the president have an obligation to his/ her troops to use any means available to achieve military goals without putting them in harms way? Was Nagasaki necessary?
In today's wars, there are no morals In today's wars, there are no morals. We believe the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists are the Americans. We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.
Is there any parallels in the justification of targeting civilians? In today's wars, there are no morals. We believe the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists are the Americans. We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.
The Aftermath The destruction Yalta Conference- Nuremberg War Trials What to do in Europe? The U.N. Nuremberg War Trials Occupation of Japan
Monday, May 4 Author Stephen Puleo will be discussing his newest book, The Caning: The Assault that drove America to Civil War, as well as what it is like to be an actual professional historian and author
Stephen Puleo
Test tomorrow Not that many multiple choice…. Essay!!! (collected t-chart and your stance)
Should the U.S. take on a leadership role after World War 2 or return to isolationism? Why/ why not?
Yalta Conference The Big Three: FDR- US Churchill- Great Britain Stalin- USSR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybnzMnFEWJY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=_U1PDRIXp20
Germany Divided into four military occupation zones
Soviet controlled eastern Europe? Stalin guarantees free elections
Will Soviets join the UN? FDR- plans on creating the United Nations after war Stalin agrees to come to conference in April USSR joins the UN United Nations Idea of FDR (he gave it the name) Founded March 1945 Senate approves US entering 65-7
Nuremberg War Trials Crimes against the Peace- planning and waging an aggressive war War Crimes- acts against the customs of warfare, such as the killing of hostages and prisoners, the plundering of private property, and the destruction of towns and cities Crimes against Humanity- the murder, extermination, deportation, or enslavement of civilians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUR6EkNcICE&feature=related
Occupation of Japan The United States has a 7 year military occupation of Japan under General Douglas MacArthur
Japanese war crime trials 1,100 Japanese arrested and put on trial 7 executed, including Prime Minister Tojo
Economic growth Free market economics introduced to Japan Remarkable economic recovery
Japanese politics under American occupation The “MacArthur Constitution”: Democratic constitution written for Japan April 1952- independent nation again Soon becomes US’s biggest Asian ally
WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II America’s entrance into the war Impact on the economy Effects on groups of Americans Balancing civil liberties and national security during war (Supreme Court) Goals of Presidents in planning peace after the War “Era” that came to an end with the war
Things Regents like to ask! America slowly drawn into war- Lend Lease, cash carry, Neutrality Acts Homefront: rationing, bonds Executive Order 9066- Korematsu v. US