1. The Effects of WWII and the Holocaust
Cold War
US vs. USSR
Germany split
Japan rebuilt by the US
US involvement in the world
the UN
The Holocaust
Israel
Israeli/Palestinian conflict
“Never Again”
Attention to Genocide?

2. The Effects of WWII Cold War US vs. USSR
Terrorists vs. Freedom Fighters
Greece ‘47
Korea ‘50-53
Cuba ‘61
Hungary ‘56
Vietnam ‘63-75
Czechoslovakia
‘68
Afghanistan ‘79
Dozens of
others

3. The Effects of WWII Germany Split 4 zones British (pink) US (yellow)
Austria, too
land given to Poland/USSR
later becomes East and West Germany
Germany Split
4 zones
British (pink)
US (yellow)
French (blue)
Soviet (green)

4. The Effects of WWII Japan rebuilt Constitution US wrote it
no use of military outside of Japan
Democracy
US occupation
Promulgated on November 3, Put into effect on May 3, 1947.
We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined
that we shall secure for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the
blessings of liberty throughout this land, and resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors
of war through the action of government, do proclaim that sovereign power resides with the people and do
firmly establish this Constitution. Government is a sacred trust of the people, the authority for which is
derived from the people, the powers of which are exercised by the representatives of the people, and the
benefits of which are enjoyed by the people. This is a universal principle of mankind upon which this
Constitution is founded. We reject and revoke all constitutions, laws, ordinances, and rescripts in conflict
herewith.

5. The Effects of WWII US Involvement in the world The UN
No isolationism (didn’t work before two World Wars)
Combat and restrain Communism
UN Security Council

6. The Effects of the Holocaust
Israel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
British decision
created in 1948
4 Arab-Israeli wars
Palestinians
Self-reliance

7. The Effects of the Holocaust
“Never Again”
Attention to Genocide?
Saddam gassed the Kurds
Cambodia
Rwanda
Darfur
El Salvador
Bosnia
Kurdistan
Nuremburg Trials
Rwanda Tribunals
The Hutu attacked the Tutsi
Pol Pot and
politics