Agenda Warm UP Discussion: Outcomes of World War II 3. End of WWII Google Classroom Assignment HW: Finish End of WWII
Warm Up How did the War in Europe end? How did the War in Japan end? Prediction: What happens to Germany after WWII?
Outcomes of WWII
Results of WWII Loss of European Empires Two Super Powers: US vs USSR War Crime Trials United Nations (UN), NATO, Warsaw Pact created Universal Declaration of Human Rights Marshall Plan
Reconstructing Europe Germany and Berlin divided into east and west. West: Capitalism (democracy) East: Communism Soviet Union controls East US, Britain, & France control West Rebuilding throughout all of Europe War devastated cities and countryside
Rebuilding Japan US Occupies Japan Inserts Democracy to Japan Reduces Japanese military, guarantees US protection Japan’s economy grows Becomes dominant democracy in Asia Rebuilding landscape Medical aid for A Bomb victims
International Cooperative Organizations United Nations (UN) Replaced League of Nations World Wide cooperation and peace North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense alliance: US, Canada, & Western Europe (democracies) Warsaw Pact Defense alliance: Soviets and Eastern countries (communists)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Made by UN members Response to the Holocaust A humane code of conduct for the treatment of the human race in times of war and peace