1. Upcoming Schedule Week of 4/13: Communism and Decolonization
Read Ch. 22 by 4/13
Week of 4/20: Globalization and Start Review
Read Ch. 23 by 4/20
Week of 4/27: Review
Read Ch. 24 by 4/27
Week of 5/4: Review (AP Week)
Week of 5/11: Review (AP Week)
WHAP Exam on Thursday, May 14th

2. WW2 Asia/Pacific 1941 – 1945 How did the Allies win the war against Japan?

3. On December 7th, 1941, Japan removed the biggest obstacle to increasing its empire: the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. Within a few days, they would repeat their success against the U.S. air base in the Philippines, and British bases in Singapore and Hong Kong.

4. Once all rival military power in the region was gone, Japan was free to invade the resource rich areas that were its main goal.

5. Within the first few months of the war, Japan’s strikes against enemy military installations and resource rich territories gave them a huge empire.

6. In the Philippines, the only U. S
In the Philippines, the only U.S. army in the region was defeated by the Japanese.
General Douglas MacArthur vowed to someday return.

7. Cut off and surrounded on Bataan, the remainder of the U. S
Cut off and surrounded on Bataan, the remainder of the U.S. forces were force marched to prison camps. Many were tortured and starved. “Bataan Death March”

9. Calling their newly won empire the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere,” Japan’s appeared unstoppable.

10. “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”

11. Turning Points: Battles of Midway & Guadalcanal
Watch the video to determine why the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal were turning points in WWII
Midway 1:28-1:30
Guadalcanal 1:37:47, 1:54

13. Island Hopping
U.S. strategy to gain military bases and secure many small islands in the Pacific.
U.S. attacked other islands from the bases they had established, slowly moving closer to Japan

14. “Shooting Another Man” Reading

15. the Atomic Bomb

16. Ending the War in the Pacific
Germany surrendered on May 8th, 1945
Many Americans were afraid that the Japanese would refuse to surrender
The U.S. military would have to invade Japan=huge loss of life

17. Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project: Group of scientists who created an atomic bomb for the U.S.

18. “Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”
J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”
Leader of the Manhattan Project,
“Father of the Atomic Bomb”

19. Dropping the Atomic Bomb
President Truman gave the orders to use an atomic bomb on a Japanese city
The Japanese were not warned ahead of time
On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

20. BEFORE
AFTER

21. Effects of the Bomb

22. Surrender The Japanese still refused to give up
Second atomic bomb dropped on city of Nagasaki on August 9th
The Japanese finally surrendered—August 15th, 1945 declared V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)

24. Atomic Bomb Debate You will be assigned a side in the debate
We SHOULD have dropped the A-Bomb
We SHOULD NOT have dropped the A-Bomb
Read the documents (you should know the other side’s arguments too!)
Take notes on points that support your side
You can split up the document work among your group…just make sure everyone gets the information!

25. Atomic Bomb Debate
Assign one person in your group to give the introduction argument (thesis statement)
30 seconds to a minute
Have at least three arguments in support of your side (one person per argument)
1 minute each
Assign one person in your group to give your concluding argument and refute the other side’s arguments
1 minute

26. Debate Structure Pro thesis Con thesis Pro arguments 1, 2, 3
Con argument 1, 2, 3
Pro conclusion
Con conclusion