1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
That America should attack Germnay and Italy first and then pour resources into the Pacific to fight the Japanesse.
2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
The German u-boats were attacking the ships used to bring American forces to Europe and Africa and if the u-boats were destroyed it would be easier for the allies to cross the Atlantic.
3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
The Battle of Stalingrad was so important because it was a turning point on the eastern front and after the battle the Soviets started pushing the Germans back.
4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
The British and the American forces pushed out the Italians and the Germans from North Africa and they invaded their because American troops wre green and the allies didn't have enough men to invade Europe.
5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
The Allies were able to make the Italians surrender so they only had to fight one enemy country in the European thearter.
6. What was D-Day?
D-Day was the day the Allied forces crossed the English channel and invaded the German held France from the beaches of Normandy.
7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?
The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last offensive attack on the American front in the European thearter. This is because after this attack Germany didn't have the machines or the man power to launch another attack and they could only defend their country.
8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?
Nazi death and work camps.
9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?
Hitler commited suicide with his mistress by shooting himself. F.D.R. died in 1945 from a stroke and then Harry S. Truman became president.
Showing posts with label FDR. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941
Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941
Document A
Japan thinks Italy and Germany will beat England. When they do they can take more pacific colonies and be able to gain more land. After England has been crushed America will be alone and not attack.
Document B
Japan is running around American leaders. Their protesting by running circles around them.
Document C
Japan breaks off negotiations with America. They want to lie to America and give them a false sence of hope when they want to stab them in the back later.
Document D
The empire of the rising sun is about to go to war with America. Tojo wants every single Japanese man to fight to give the Emperor peace of mind
Document E
On 12/7/1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and decimated the U.S. Pacific fleet. Japan attacked from nowhere and broke their peace. Japan betrayed America and deserves to be crushed.
Document A
Japan thinks Italy and Germany will beat England. When they do they can take more pacific colonies and be able to gain more land. After England has been crushed America will be alone and not attack.
Document B
Japan is running around American leaders. Their protesting by running circles around them.
Document C
Japan breaks off negotiations with America. They want to lie to America and give them a false sence of hope when they want to stab them in the back later.
Document D
The empire of the rising sun is about to go to war with America. Tojo wants every single Japanese man to fight to give the Emperor peace of mind
Document E
On 12/7/1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and decimated the U.S. Pacific fleet. Japan attacked from nowhere and broke their peace. Japan betrayed America and deserves to be crushed.
Monday, March 1, 2010
America Moves Toward War
1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
This act allowed nations in war to buy weapons from America only if they paid in cash and they trasported them themselves.
2. Who were the Axis powers?
Japan, Italy, and Germany.
3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
This law let America loan weapons and supplies to Britian because they were necessary in the defense of America. Also weapons were given to the Soviet Union.
4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
The pledges in the Atlantic Charter were that their would be freedom of the seas, collective security, economic links between nations, self-determination, and disarmament.
5. Who were the Allies?
England, France, U.S.S.R, and America later.
6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
Nearly all of the Pacific Fleet was destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, ironically none of the U.S aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor during the attack.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Stupidly Hilter declaired war on America cause he was an idiot. Italy was Hilter's puppet so they went along with it. Techinically neither Germany nor Italy had to go to war because the treaty was only if one of those three countries were attacked first.
This act allowed nations in war to buy weapons from America only if they paid in cash and they trasported them themselves.
2. Who were the Axis powers?
Japan, Italy, and Germany.
3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
This law let America loan weapons and supplies to Britian because they were necessary in the defense of America. Also weapons were given to the Soviet Union.
4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
The pledges in the Atlantic Charter were that their would be freedom of the seas, collective security, economic links between nations, self-determination, and disarmament.
5. Who were the Allies?
England, France, U.S.S.R, and America later.
6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
Nearly all of the Pacific Fleet was destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, ironically none of the U.S aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor during the attack.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Stupidly Hilter declaired war on America cause he was an idiot. Italy was Hilter's puppet so they went along with it. Techinically neither Germany nor Italy had to go to war because the treaty was only if one of those three countries were attacked first.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
"Isolationism" and FDR (1935 - 1941)
1. What were the goals of the isolationists? Why is "isolationism" a misleading term?
Isolationists wanted to stay in the world but they didn't want to be drawn into war and have to fight in war. They still wanted to trade with other countires. The term isolationism is misleading because America didn't want to fully isolate itself from the world they only wanted to stay out of foreign war.
2. What did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
America was seperated from the troubles of Europe and Asia by the Pacific and the Atlantic and they had friendly relationships with all the countries in the Western part of the world.
3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
The Nye Committee was made to find out why the U.S. fought in World War I.
4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
That bankers were greedy and munitions makers were war mongers. Also that big business drove the U.S. into World War I and they would do so again.
5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
The Neutrality Acts were made to prevent big business from suppling weapons and other supplies to countries who were fighting in a war and to prevent Big Business from dragging the U.S. into War.
6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous.
He was changing the government with his "New Deal" programs. He tried to pack the Supreme Court. He ran for a third term of president which no one had done before.
7. What was "Cash and Carry"?
This allowed countries to buy supplies from the U.S however they had to pay in cash and they had to transport the supplies themselves.
8. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
The Japanese invaded the colonies of European countries in Asia and this really angered F.D.R which is why he froze Japanese assets in the United States.
9. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
The America First Committee was made to help prevent America from going to war with Japan and Nazi Gemrany.
Isolationists wanted to stay in the world but they didn't want to be drawn into war and have to fight in war. They still wanted to trade with other countires. The term isolationism is misleading because America didn't want to fully isolate itself from the world they only wanted to stay out of foreign war.
2. What did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
America was seperated from the troubles of Europe and Asia by the Pacific and the Atlantic and they had friendly relationships with all the countries in the Western part of the world.
3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
The Nye Committee was made to find out why the U.S. fought in World War I.
4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
That bankers were greedy and munitions makers were war mongers. Also that big business drove the U.S. into World War I and they would do so again.
5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
The Neutrality Acts were made to prevent big business from suppling weapons and other supplies to countries who were fighting in a war and to prevent Big Business from dragging the U.S. into War.
6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous.
He was changing the government with his "New Deal" programs. He tried to pack the Supreme Court. He ran for a third term of president which no one had done before.
7. What was "Cash and Carry"?
This allowed countries to buy supplies from the U.S however they had to pay in cash and they had to transport the supplies themselves.
8. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
The Japanese invaded the colonies of European countries in Asia and this really angered F.D.R which is why he froze Japanese assets in the United States.
9. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
The America First Committee was made to help prevent America from going to war with Japan and Nazi Gemrany.
Monday, February 22, 2010
World Events Set Stage for Isolationism
1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
The Japanese were pissed about the Treaty of Versailles. They were one of the more major allies and they were being ignored. All the ideas they made were shot down and were all vetoed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
Japan was annexing and taking over the land around China. This treatened U.S and British intrests in the area. For example the Japanese annexing Korea in 1910 and the Manchuria area from Russia after the Russo-Japanesse war. Also the U.S expanding it's influence in the Pacific worried the Japanesse. For example the U.S annexing Hawaii in 1898 and the territories of the Philippines and Guam gained after winning the Spainish-American War.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The Washington Naval Conference was called by the U.S and they invited other countries to come and talk about the naval threat Japan possed to U.S intrests in the Pacific. It limitied the navies of the nations of the world, made them have less battleships and subs and forbid them from using poison gas. Also it made China its on country and those 9 nations recognized it's soveriengty.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
America could act in self-defense using it's military and that America couldn't be forced into war by having to enforce the treaty. America wanted to avoid being dragged into war and that America couldn't be tied down by alliances.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
Hitler played off of the Treaty of Varsailles and it's harsh treatment of the German people. He gave Germans more jobs and a better economy by systamatically eliminating all minorities or those he considered inferior. He made an attack on the German government so that the people would support him more and so he could eliminate his political rivals.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan wanted to invade China to increase it's military power and for more raw resources.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire and the explosion of the Japanese railway in Manchuria both accomplished the same things. Both were attacks on themselves. This made the people want to give their government more power to combat the "internal threat" or "inferior people". They both also were ways that both governments justified doing actions that would otherwise be condenmed by the rest of the world.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
The U.S stupidally thinking that World War I was the war to end all wars and their isolationist attitudes decreased their military forces and their navies. This made them to weak to effectivly fight the Japanese who had been building apon their army and their navy for a long time.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
All three are governments that are designed to help the people. However Liberal Democracy is the only on where it's truly democratic. Fascism and Socialism are both government systesms where the government takes control of the economy. However, Fascism and Socialism put the needs of the government before the needs of the people and are brutally efficent in controling the people through violence and other horrible means.
The Japanese were pissed about the Treaty of Versailles. They were one of the more major allies and they were being ignored. All the ideas they made were shot down and were all vetoed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
Japan was annexing and taking over the land around China. This treatened U.S and British intrests in the area. For example the Japanese annexing Korea in 1910 and the Manchuria area from Russia after the Russo-Japanesse war. Also the U.S expanding it's influence in the Pacific worried the Japanesse. For example the U.S annexing Hawaii in 1898 and the territories of the Philippines and Guam gained after winning the Spainish-American War.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The Washington Naval Conference was called by the U.S and they invited other countries to come and talk about the naval threat Japan possed to U.S intrests in the Pacific. It limitied the navies of the nations of the world, made them have less battleships and subs and forbid them from using poison gas. Also it made China its on country and those 9 nations recognized it's soveriengty.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
America could act in self-defense using it's military and that America couldn't be forced into war by having to enforce the treaty. America wanted to avoid being dragged into war and that America couldn't be tied down by alliances.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
Hitler played off of the Treaty of Varsailles and it's harsh treatment of the German people. He gave Germans more jobs and a better economy by systamatically eliminating all minorities or those he considered inferior. He made an attack on the German government so that the people would support him more and so he could eliminate his political rivals.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan wanted to invade China to increase it's military power and for more raw resources.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire and the explosion of the Japanese railway in Manchuria both accomplished the same things. Both were attacks on themselves. This made the people want to give their government more power to combat the "internal threat" or "inferior people". They both also were ways that both governments justified doing actions that would otherwise be condenmed by the rest of the world.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
The U.S stupidally thinking that World War I was the war to end all wars and their isolationist attitudes decreased their military forces and their navies. This made them to weak to effectivly fight the Japanese who had been building apon their army and their navy for a long time.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
All three are governments that are designed to help the people. However Liberal Democracy is the only on where it's truly democratic. Fascism and Socialism are both government systesms where the government takes control of the economy. However, Fascism and Socialism put the needs of the government before the needs of the people and are brutally efficent in controling the people through violence and other horrible means.
Monday, February 8, 2010
New Deal Essay Outline
The great depression wasn't solved by the "New Deal" but the "New Deal" helped solve some of the problems of the great depression. Some of the programs that helped were the AAA, the Wpa, the emergency banking act, and the Securities exchange comission.
Roosevelt face a huge problem with the Great Depression because the great depression affected all aspects of American life. There was no sector of anything that wasn't affected by the Great Depression. It was economic, political, and social.
he helped pass and make all of the new deal programs like the wpa, the emergency banking act, the Securities exhcange commission, and the TVA.
The critics of the "New Deal" were mostly conservatives and the rich. The rich didn't like the "New Deal" because they lost money from many of the programs. The conservatives wanted the country to fix itself which can never work because no two people or more will ever agree on everything. The "New Deal" was definetly made of programs which the conservatives didn't like. The critics of the "New Deal" didn't have the intrests of the people in heart they had their own intrests in mind.
Roosevelt face a huge problem with the Great Depression because the great depression affected all aspects of American life. There was no sector of anything that wasn't affected by the Great Depression. It was economic, political, and social.
he helped pass and make all of the new deal programs like the wpa, the emergency banking act, the Securities exhcange commission, and the TVA.
The critics of the "New Deal" were mostly conservatives and the rich. The rich didn't like the "New Deal" because they lost money from many of the programs. The conservatives wanted the country to fix itself which can never work because no two people or more will ever agree on everything. The "New Deal" was definetly made of programs which the conservatives didn't like. The critics of the "New Deal" didn't have the intrests of the people in heart they had their own intrests in mind.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
FDR & the New Deal
1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People were being evicted from their homes and being laid off and they were living in Shantytowns or any piece of junk big enough for them to live in and going to soup kitchens and bread lines to have access to food.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
The men who were accustomed to working were worse off than women because they felt usless that they couldn't get a job or provide for their family. Women were able to make food and clothing for their children and their families. Schools were cut and with out good nutrition children were getting preventable diseases. Kids were also trying to find work and tour the country and deaths rose.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
The farmers who had farms lost them because of the dust bowl which didn't allow anyone to grow crops because the soil would fly away. So the farming sector of the economy worsened.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
The New Deal was FDR's promise to give relief to the needy, economic recover, and financial reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
In the 100 days FDR passed over 15 laws that would help and benift his new deal.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
They made the common people think that Roosevelt was talking to them and informing them himself.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
The Glass-Steagall act of 1933 established the FDIC or thee Federal Deposit Insurance Company which provided insuarnce to banks so if they lost money they could get some to relace it. He persuaded congress to make the 21 ammendment which repealled prohibition. He passed the Federal Securities Act which required all companies to state everything possible about their stock. He also helped make the SEC or Securities and Exchange Commisions which regulated the stock market.
People were being evicted from their homes and being laid off and they were living in Shantytowns or any piece of junk big enough for them to live in and going to soup kitchens and bread lines to have access to food.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
The men who were accustomed to working were worse off than women because they felt usless that they couldn't get a job or provide for their family. Women were able to make food and clothing for their children and their families. Schools were cut and with out good nutrition children were getting preventable diseases. Kids were also trying to find work and tour the country and deaths rose.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
The farmers who had farms lost them because of the dust bowl which didn't allow anyone to grow crops because the soil would fly away. So the farming sector of the economy worsened.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
The New Deal was FDR's promise to give relief to the needy, economic recover, and financial reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
In the 100 days FDR passed over 15 laws that would help and benift his new deal.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
They made the common people think that Roosevelt was talking to them and informing them himself.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
The Glass-Steagall act of 1933 established the FDIC or thee Federal Deposit Insurance Company which provided insuarnce to banks so if they lost money they could get some to relace it. He persuaded congress to make the 21 ammendment which repealled prohibition. He passed the Federal Securities Act which required all companies to state everything possible about their stock. He also helped make the SEC or Securities and Exchange Commisions which regulated the stock market.
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