The Cold War Begins 1945-1960

12.1.4 the cold war begins 1945 1952 from jtoma84



Test Review:

Important Terms/People:

• President Harry S. Truman
• The Fair Deal
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• NASA
• European Recovery Plan of 1947
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Montgomery Bus Boycotts
• National Defense Education Act
• Southern Dixiecrats
• Causes of the Korean War
• Eisenhower's public works project
• Ho Chi Minh
• Joseph McCarthy
• Non-Violent Aggressive Tactics used by Civil Rights Activists

Free Response Question:

Do you think that you would have liked “Ike” in the 1950's? Why or why not? Which of his

a) personal qualities


b) domestic programs


c) foreign-policy

decisions
 do you most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

[YOU MUST ANSWER ALL THREE and provide what is why, why it is someone that is admired and why he would be criticized for it, as well as, who would criticize.]

12.1 World War II: 1939-1945

Below you will see the slides for the World War II chapter, as well as the test review and project guidelines for the World War II propaganda piece.


TEST will be on Thursday, May 1st.

Test Review:

• The Countries that comprise the "Axis Powers"
• Pearl Harbor Attack
• FDR's Address to the Pearl Harbor Attack
• The Manhattan Project
• D-Day
• Potsdam Conference
• Holocaust
• The use of atomic bombs
• Appeasement
• The Invasion of Poland
• The Lend-Lease Act
• The Battle of Stalingrad
• the conditions of the Yalta Agreements
• Wannsee Conference

Free Response Question:

16.  Explain in what way
 the following:

a) the fall of France


b) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union


c) the attack on Pearl Harbor


mark the most important turning points in American foreign policy between 1935 and 1942.

[Remember: Previous to WWII; Americans returned to Isolationism (which was one of the reasons the United States did not participate in the League of Nations); also the Great Depression was in full swing in the United States] - Review the foreign policies of the 1920s and early 1930s.

World War II Propaganda Project due on Thursday, May 1st

World War 2 Propaganda Project:

U.S. History

World War II Propaganda

Objectives (What content and skills are students expected to learn from this lesson?)

•  Students will identify characteristics that make media and propaganda
• Students will refine their skills in analyzing primary source documents
•  Students will identify and analyze the message and purposes of propaganda from the 1940s.

Materials: [What primary sources or local resources are the basis for this lesson?]

• Guided Power Point presentation on WWII Propaganda
• Already on the ctkushistory.blogspot.com site
•  Notes from Class Discussion on Propaganda use
• Propaganda postcards examples, can be found on various websites: 
•   http://www.allposters.com/-st/World-War-II-Propaganda-Vintage-Art-Posters_c50710_.htm
•  http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/wwii-posters/
•    Poster paper
• Storyboard Template
• Crayons, Pens, Markers, Paint, or some type of Artistic Medium for Color

Activities: 

Option 1:

Reviewing the goals of the American Government on the Home Front- create propaganda [on a poster] that will:

• Persuade men to join the army
• Convince women into the work force
•  Persuade citizens to accept rationing
• Force total mobilization [women and African Americans in the work force]
• Keep FDR in office
•  Give money to support the war

Option 2:

Reviewing the goals of the German Government:

• Inspire Nationalism after World War I
•  Elect Hitler in office
• Showcase German nationalism and pride in the war effort

Option 3:

Reviewing the goals of Great Britain in the war effort:

• Inspire nationalism after the bombing of Great Britain
• Promote Winston Churchill’s diplomatic abilities
• Showcase the union between Churchill and FDR

Assessment:

Use the following checklist to ensure you have included the required elements for your posters.

Checklist:

1. Design element of propaganda [appropriate use of color] 10pts.
2. Design element of propaganda [artwork is visually appealing] 15pts.
3. Design element of propaganda [artwork is historically relevant and showcases fashion of the times, or life] 10pts.
4. One goal on home front fulfilled 10pts.
5. Audience described [on back of poster, typed] 15pts.
6. Message provided [and described on back of poster, typed] 20pts.
7. A Statement on the Historical background [when would this piece be advertised, why did you choose that month or date? Typed, on back of poster] 20pts.

Causes of the Great Depression & FDR and the New Deal 1929-1939

As we approach the home stretch of the year we will be going at a faster pace. The time has come for you all to demonstrate what you have learning and apply it. I expect you all to conduct yourselves as men and women who are going to be Juniors in High School.


The first class of this unit will revolve around an in-class simulation activity on the Great Depression, therefore it is imperative that you take notes on the Cause of the Great Depression slideshow, so you are prepared for that class.

11.3 causes of the great depression 1930 1933 from jtoma84

Notes on Hoover and the Great Depression:

Herbert Hoover and The Great Depression

I.             Hoover’s Response (1930-31)

A.   May 1930 – “The worst has passed.”

B.    Took immediate action to help the economy.

C.    Asked business leaders to voluntarily:

1.    Not cut wages

2.    Not cut production of goods

D.   City and State Government (voluntarily) – Fund projects to provide new jobs.

E.    Agricultural Marketing Act – help farmers w/ crop prices.

1.    Did not work – people lost their farms.

2.    Job and their home.

F.    Hoover believed in a Laissez Faire economy

1.    If government wishes to alleviate, rather than aggravate, a depression, its only valid course is laissez-faire-to leave the economy alone.

2.    Only if there is no interference, direct or threatened, with prices, wage rates, and business liquidation will the necessary adjustment proceed with smooth dispatch.

II.         Too Little, Too Late

A.   1932 – Admitted measures were failing.

B.    Created the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation).

C.    Federal Program - $2 billion dollars in loans to faltering companies.

D.   “Trickle down” economic program – which did not give immediate help.

III.      The Bonus Army Fiasco

A.   Bonus Army – WWI Veterans who wanted to collect their bonus early.

B.    Traveled to Washington D.C. and set up camp.

C.    Bonus Bill – which would give veterans their $ - fails.

D.   Veterans slowly began to leave – but not fast enough for Hoover.

E.    Sends army - Drove veterans out of town – burned down their camp.

F.    Last straw for the American people.

IV.        Election of 1932

A.   Herbert Hoover v. Franklin D. Roosevelt

B.    Hoover had become unpopular among the people.

C.    People blamed Hoover for the depression.

D.   Roosevelt defeats Hoover by a landslide.

Test Review- 15 Questions [60 pts. total] + 1 FRQ [40 pts. total]

• Causes of the Great Depression in the United States [remember: post WWI America received a financial boom]
• Mellon Tax Plan
• Hawley-Smoot Tariff
• President Hoover's Programs during the Great Depression
• National Industrial Recovery Act- and what happened to it
• FDR's plans concerning the Judiciary
• The Social Security Act
• Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
• Huey Long
• Charles Coughlin
• Frances Perkins
• Henry Ford
• National Recovery Administration (NRA)
• Opposition to the Fair Labor Standards Act
• FDR's plan to recover from the Great Depression
• President Hoover's belief of Laissez Faire
• 21st Amendment

FREE RESPONSE QUESTION:

Select the three most important programs of the New Deal, explain what they did, and tell why you chose these three.

10 points for each program you choose

10 points for why you chose them.


HONORS CLASS-
In addition to the Test, you will be completing a project based on the New Deal