1. End of WWII
Ms. Doyle – Unit 10

2. Day 4: Page 4: A-Bombs WARM UP
Using your battles chart, which battle do you think was the most important. Why?
In your own opinion, do you think the Jews should be repayed for what they lost in the Holocaust? If so, how?
Agenda:
Warm Up
Notes
Debate Prep
4 Corners
Homework:
Next set of unit IDs (group 2) – quiz

3. The US Ends the War
US President Truman had to decide how the US would end the war in the Pacific-had two options
Option #1-Land Invasion
Truman’s advisors warned that half a million lives would be lost in a land invasion
Option #2-Atomic Bomb
Advisors believed that using the bomb would bring the war to an end in the quickest way possible

5. WWII: Atomic Bomb
-the creation of the Atomic Bomb was also known as the: Manhattan Project
-the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August 1945
-the cloud of smoke that is created from the Atomic Bomb is called a Mushroom
Cloud due to its unique shape

6. Results of WWII
Nuremberg Trials: Nazis & Fascists found guilty of crimes against humanity
Creation of United Nations to ensure peace & stability
WWII most costly war= many European economies destroyed
Communism spreads through Eastern Europe
More people, both soldiers & civilians died, than any other war
(due to new destructive weapons & genocide)
Millions of people displaced (no homeland to return to)
U.S. helps Japan recover
U.S. & Soviet Union become top superpowers
(Democracy vs. Communism= Cold War)