Final-Study Guide

US History Final on Wed. May 31, 2017

From the first 10 weeks;
Causes of WWII

Great Depression/Dust Bowl

rise of fascism + totalitarianism

weakness of League of Nations

Start of aggression

Hitler-Sudetenland/Poland

France & England declare war

Miracle of Dunkirk

Blitz of London

US involvement

US Isolationist policy

Neutrality Act/Lend-Lease Act

Allied Powers/Axis Powers

Pearl harbor-Declare war

Japanese internment

US advantage once entering war

End of War

Europe first policy

D-Day

Stalingrad

Hitler’s mistakes

Victory in Europe

island hopping strategy in Pacific

Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

From the second 10 weeks or so;

How did the Holocaust develop and what were its results?

Nuremburg Laws
Hitler's Final solution
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference

Philosophical differences between Communism and Democracy - workers first vs Government first        

- free market vs command economy       

- motivation to compete vs everyone having a job

All aspects of the Cold War

Definition of Cold War

Super Powers

United Nations: its creation and set up., security council

Atomic and Thermonuclear weapons

Korean War, Douglas MacArthur, Vietnam War

Domino Theory

Reasons for Vietnam protest at home

Red Scare-HUAC(House In-American Activities Committee) Joseph McCarthy-McCarthyism

Definition of treason.

Post-war American society - Golden Years - Greatest Generation

American Dream

unions

Civil Rights - Civil Rights Act of 1964

Emmet Till

Martin Luther King, Malcom X, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy

Brown -v- Board of Education

Mass culture

suburbs

All notes and graded materials may be used. No textbooks, no electronics.

Good Luck

Taylor

 

 

 

 
 

US History Final

Your final for US History will consist of 2 parts.

Part 1: Wed. May 31
Final will be comprehensive. Even though you have only been with me since January, you were enrolled in this class last fall as well.
Part 2: Monday June 5


Final will be open note. Any and all materials from this class will be allowed. Find your old work.

Good Luck

Taylor

Reflection: Postwar America

We have discussed a changing postwar America for the past couple of days. Answer the following questions reflecting on our discussions. Submit to Schoology before class tomorrow.

1) How did migration to California and the Sunbelt change the political landscape?

2) In theory, how was Brown v Board of Ed. going to improve education in our country?

3) How did the Interstate Highway Act change American culture?

4) In what ways did American businesses change during the postwar period?

5) What were some of the reasons why consumer spending skyrocketed in the postwar era?

Taylor

Kent State

Today we spoke about the Kent State Massacre in 1970.

Students were protesting, which is their right. national Guardsmen came in and four students were shot and killed.

We are seeing more and more protests since Mr. Trump became president. Do you think we would see this same rise in violent if Hillary Clinton had won? Why?

Submit via schoology

Make-up work

All students of this class may make up ANY incomplete assignment on Schoology.
You may do this until MAY 15, 2017---ONLY

Make up work will only be accepted if sent via Schoology. (Does not include tests, assessment, quizzes not included)

**if you do not have access, we will make arrangements IF you come speak to me.**

Anti-Vietnam Movement

The entire country was behind our soldiers in WWII. After the war they returned to parades and celebration.
This was not the case for soldiers in Vietnam. America protested this war like nothing before.

After reading the articles by King and Kerry, answer the following question.

Why did so many Americans oppose the Vietnam War? Were they justified in your opinion? Have we had military actions that Americans have opposed since Vietnam?

Minimum 2 paragraphs.



Due Monday on Schoology only.
*** Lesson postponed. Not enough people in class on Friday 4/28/17***

Taylor

Roots of the Cold War

We talked about the roots of the Cold War. Two of the first major instances were the Berlin Airlift, and the Marshall Plan.
1) Describe each; what was it, what was the goal or objective?
2) Why would the U.S. take on these two initiatives after such a costly war?

Due Thursday, 4/27/19

HW: United Nations

HW: How many member nations are there?

Where are the headquarters?

What is the Security Council?

What countries are on the council?

Why those countries?

How influential is the UN today?(Why? Explain)

Due: Tues. 4/25/17

Taylor

US History Make up Test

Only those students that took the assessment and received a score lower than 44/70 are eligible to take this makeup.

Go to schoology to open the document.
Read instructions carefully.
Completed document is due ob Friday by 3pm.

Good Luck

Holocaust

Questions/Reflection
Due Friday 4/7/2017

1)How did Hitler enforce anti-semitism as chancellor of Germany?

2) What actions did Nazi’s take to carry out Hitler’s “Final Solution”?

3) How did the US Government respond to the German campaign against European Jews?

4) One historian has said that the Holocaust began on, “the day that Jews started to be treated differently.” Explain what this statement means.

5) How could the allies had stopped the mass killings? Could more have been done? (Do not blindly repeat what was explained in class. Please come up with an original idea)

Taylor

Notes from 3/29 - Review for test on 3/30/17

Manhattan Project(1942): US needs to get atomic bomb before Hitler. Working bomb by 1945. War over in Europe. Will use against Japan.

First test in Alamogordo, NM is a success.

Truman inherits this project from FDR who had kept it secret.

Truman has to make a decision.

Argument for: Japan will not surrender, occupy Tokyo only option,dropping bomb will save American lives

Argument against: morally wrong to kill so many civilians

-Truman offers conditional surrender to Hirohito-Japan refuses by not responding

- Tells Japan they will incur massive destruction

Aug. 6, first bomb dropped on Hiroshima-60,000 dead or missing - no response from Japan

Aug. 9, Soviet Union declares war and enters Manchuria, second bomb dropped on Nagasaki. 35,000 die.

August 15 is now VJ Day, official surrender on Sept. 2

Most costly war in history is over-close to 60,000,000 have died.

What will be covered on Midterm/WWII Assessment

Causes of WWII

Great Depression/Dust Bowl

rise of fascism + totalitarianism

weakness of League of Nations

Start of aggression

Hitler-Sudetenland/Poland

France & England declare war

Miracle of Dunkirk

Blitz of London

US involvement

US Isolationist policy

Neutrality Act/Lend-Lease Act

Allied Powers/Axis Powers

Pearl harbor-Declare war

Japanese internment

US advantage once entering war

End of War

Europe first policy

D-Day

Stalingrad

Hitler’s mistakes

Victory in Europe

island hopping strategy in Pacific

Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Internment Articles

http://listverse.com/2014/10/25/10-shameful-truths-about-japanese-american-internment/



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https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-effects-did-japanese-internment-camps-have-u-320456

Use the listed articles for more information to use in today's assignment.


What protocols do we have in place to prevent this type of action from happening again?


Taylor

Japanese Internment Packet

Completed Packet due on Friday, 3/24/17
Due Thursday 3/23/17 Outline for final essay.

As we discussed in class today, the last page of the packet where it asks for an essay is where you will put your OUTLINE for this essay.
Intro - thesis statement and assertions, 2 reasons for your thoughts
Body-   Paragraph 1, show your evidence, cite passage correctly
             Paragraph 2, show your evidence, cite passage correctly
Conclusion- repeat thesis statement, final thoughts

Finished essay will be submitted via schoology, only.

Taylor

Monday 3/20

Exit ticket:

1. put yourself in 1942. Would you have believed the Newsreel? Why or why not?
2. If you were a Congressman from CA, how would you have reacted? What would you have said to your colleagues?
3. Why or why not, could this happen today? Does our current administration make war a possibility? Explain.

turn in via schoology if at all possible.

Taylor

Executive order 9066

Happy St. Patrick's Day
Go Irish!!!!!!!!

Executive order 9066

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154/

HW: Due Friday

HW: p.808 3,4,5, p.814 4,5- Due Friday at the beginning of class.

You do not have to write the questions as long as you answer in complete sentences. Otherwise you do write the questions.

Taylor

Monday 3/13/17

1st article

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36150807

2nd article

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-trump-nationalism-2016-11

3rd article

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39251216

Use these articles to answer the assigned questions.

3/7/17

Disregard.
We talked about Pearl Harbor today. Tomorrow we discuss the damage, lives lost and the aftermath.

Weekend Assignmnet

Today we discussed reasons for the USA to stay out of WWII, and reasons we should have gotten involved sooner.
President Trump has just told the world he is going to personally lead the charge to eviscerate ISIS.
In complete sentences ONLY: List 3 reasons we should stay out of the Middle East and let someone else deal with ISIS, and 3 reasons we need to to lead the way and take out ISIS.
In addition, if we do take out ISIS, what happens then? Will that stabilize the Middle East, or make it worse?

Due Monday, 3/6/17

Taylor

HW for Thursday 3/2/17 - Isolationism

Assignment due tomorrow (3/3) at the beginning of class.
List 5 reasons the United States SHOULD HAVE entered the fight in Europe during WWII.
List 5 reasons the U.S. SHOULD NOT HAVE entered WWII in Europe.

Please do this on a real sheet of paper. Hard copy is better in this instance.

Taylor

Trump to Address joint session of Congress

Tonight at 5pm President Trump will be addressing a joint session of Congress for the first time.
It will be covered by all of the major networks.
While it would be educational and quite entertaining, I am not requiring you to sit and watch the entire speech. After the speech end you can go to any news website and see the high points of the address. For an "unbiased" report, I suggest you go to BBC.com or Al Jazeera.com.

Trump addressing joint session today. (5pm)

-what was the tone? 

-Was it presidential?

-what were the main points he made?

-Did he try to unite?

This will be due at the beginning of the period tomorrow(3/1/17). 

No make-up or late entries allowed.

Great Depression (Exit Ticket)

The Great Depression.

How did the stock market crash contribute to the onset of the depression?

What were the primary causes of the depression?

Please hand-write your answers. hard copies are preferred since I can't access schoology, yet.

Due Friday at the beginning of class.

How did the Automobile change America?

This was supposed to be completed in class, but since so few turned in the HW assignment from yesterday, this becomes homework by default.

HW: How did automobiles change America forever? (Hint: Ford, interstate highways, common man) hand-written only

Due on Wednesday 7/8/17 at the beginning of class.

Wilson's 14 Points

HW: page 646. Questions 1 & 2, Why didn’t the League of Nations succeed?

** Make sure you list the 14 points in your notebook. This will be on your midterm.**

President Trump's First Day in Office

US History students;
Your assignment is to watch a news report sometime this evening.
List 3 actions/executive orders/laws that President Trump accomplished today. This can be bullet points, sentences, or any way you see fit.
** You must list the source of your information.(ie: CNN, BBC, NBC, ABC, FOX etc.)**

Turn in to Schoology. If you can't send to my email address; latayama@gmail.com
This is due before midnight tonight (12:00am)

Mr. T

Homework due Wed. 1/18/17
Please turn in via schoology.

HW: Explain how the Embargo Act of 1812 and the War of 1812 led to the industrial Rev in the US.

Please write in complete sentences. 1 or 2 paragraphs should be sufficient.

Taylor

You found it!!

Ok, to prove you found and logged onto the blog for this class, copy the following quote in your notebook for a stamp.



It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. Maya Angelou

We will discuss the meaning of this quote tomorrow.

Taylor

Welcome

Hello students,
Welcome to US History Spring 2017
I will post assignments on this site, as well as info and links.
Check it regularly.
Good luck.