1. What was the aftermath of World War II for the U.S.? Notes #54

2. The Holocaust
(1941–1945);
over 11 million
total deaths and
over 6 million
Jewish deaths
(2/3rds of
Europe’s Jewish
population)
orchestrated by
Adolf Hitler and
the Nazi Party

3. MS St. Louis (1939); 937 Jewish refugees aboard,
U.S. aerial shot of
the Auschwitz
extermination camp
during World War II
MS St. Louis (1939); 937 Jewish refugees aboard,
denied entry into the U.S.,
and sent back to Europe

4. Bataan Death
March (1942);
over 10,000
American and
Filipino
deaths,
orchestrated
by Japanese
military
officials

5. After WWII, war crimes trials involving German and Japanese military officials took place.
Nuremberg and Tokyo
war crimes trials

6. War crimes trials of Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milošević
These trials established that individuals can be held responsible for wartime actions.
War crimes trials of Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milošević

7. In 1944, the GI Bill was passed to provide economic aid to U. S
In 1944, the GI Bill was passed to provide economic aid to U.S. war veterans.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the GI Bill or
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944

8. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman advanced the cause of civil rights for African Americans by ordering the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Executive Order 9981 (1948)

9. The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951 to prevent presidents from running for a third term.

10. The U.S. became committed to a policy of global cooperation when it joined the United Nations, which was an international peace organization created after WWII.
United Nations members in 1945

11. WWII helped end the Great Depression by stimulating the U.S. economy.

12. WWII resulted in the emergence of two world superpowers (the U. S
WWII resulted in the emergence of two world superpowers (the U.S. and the Soviet Union).