The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Reading: http://goo.gl/PP6Hn

Essential Questions:
1)Who proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and why was it proposed?
-The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was proposed by John F. Kennedy which proposed the end of segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
2)Which groups were affected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
-Disabled Americans, African Americans, minorities, elderly, women, etc. were affected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
3)What did the Civil Rights Act do for the United States?
-The Civil Rights Act helped everyone have equal employment, segregation, was banned, and forbade the use of federal funds for any discriminatory program.

Employment Discrimination is illegal. (https://www.mybackgroundcheck.com/blog/image.axd?picture=2010%2F7%2Fdiscrimination.jpg)

John F. Kennedy. (http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/documentaries/jfk-in-his-own-words/jfk-in-his-own-words-1024.jpg)

Pop Culture 1950's

Reading: http://goo.gl/lDiyt 

Essential Question:
1)What media exploded in the 50's, and how did business respond to this explosion?
-Television media exploded in the 50's and businesses responded to this explosion by creating TV dinners where people are able to put frozen food in disposable trays in the oven and that made it easier for people to watch television.
2)Why did critics not like television?
-Critics did not like television because the effect it had on children and stereotypical portrayal of women and minorities. Television gave an unrealistic sense of what an ideal American is.
3)What's so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's?
-The rock and roll music in the 1950's is ironic because it was performed by African Americans and consumed by Whites.

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Truman's Labor Polices

Pre-video introduction: http://goo.gl/N31QR

Begin Video at 2 hours and 20 minutes: http://goo.gl/wV46K

1)What were some of the significant challenges President Truman faced after WWII?

-After WWII some significant challenges President Truman faced were that the soldiers no longer wanted to experience rationing. 

2)How did Truman try to help returning G.I.s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he? Explain your opinion. 

-President Truman helped the returning G.I.s after WWII because he helped provide then with guaranteed employment, minimum wage, housing aid, and benefits. In my opinion he was very effective because he helped many peoples lives and their families by supporting them with essential needs to live life.

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President Truman. (http://armedforcesmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/220px-Truman_initiating_Korean_involvement.jpg)

The American Dream 1950's

Reading: http://goo.gl/EI4GX

Essential Questions: 
1)What were some causes for baby boom?
-Some causes for the baby boom were: reunion of husbands and wives after the war, decreasing marriage age, desirability of large families, confidence in continued economic prosperity, and advances in medicine.
2)What did Americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
-Americans had to create more toys, schools, car seats, diapers, bottles, and other baby essentials/needs.
3)How did roles of women change in the 1950's?
-The roles of women changed in the 1950's because the role of homemakers and mothers was being glorified. They were described as, "the key figure in all suburbia, the thread that weaves between family and community-the keeper of the suburban dream." Women began to have an increase in jobs and attending college.
4)What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
-American car explosions occurred because there was a lot of gasoline and it was cheap. Another reason would be that it was easy credit, extensive advertising, new freeways, and allowed people to travel from suburbans to cities.

Baby Boom. (http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2010/12/30/infants-play-c1950-3211071.jpg)

Women's role in 1950's. (http://www.proquestk12.com/bulletins/10MAR/images/0310_HH_H7.jpg)

The American Teenager

Reading: http://goo.gl/VcEfI

Essential Questions: 
1)How did the lives of teenagers change after TGD and WWII? Explain. 
-The lived of teenagers changed after TGD and WWII because teenagers bought comic books, pimple creams, soft drinks, music, lipstick, etc. Teenagers were able to spend money because there was no longer any rationing/products were aimed for teenagers.
2)What is "White flight?" Was it good for society?
-"White flight" is when middle-class Americans left cities for the suburbs to isolate themselves from other races and classes. This was a bad for society because there no diversity among races and cultures.
3)Why did many Mexicans immigrate to the U.S. before the 1950's?
-Mexicans immigrated to the U.S. before the 1950's because of agriculture. When the U.S. entered WWII, there was a shortage of agricultural laborers. There was also a program in which Mexicans were allowed into the U.S. to harvest crops.

Lipsticks. (http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4100/exbn8l1r/products/23/images/121/lipstick__43378.1344906808.1280.1280.jpg)

White Flight. (http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2009/0909/wdetroit_history_a_1005.jpg)

Postwar America 1950's

Reading: http://goo.gl./c9Une

Essential Questions: 
1)What was the U.S. economy like during WWII? How were Americans doing?
-The United States economy was doing okay during WWII. The economy had not rise much after The Great Depression because there was still people with money and not enough goods due to rationing.
2)How did the American economy transform after The Great Depression and WWII?
-The American economy transformed after The Great Depression and WWII because the United States changed from blue-collar workers (factor workers) to white-collar workers (company workers).
3)Why would a company like Google not do well in the 50's?
-A company like Google would not have done well in the 50's because they are mostly individuality rather than conformity.

Blue Collar Workers. (http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/20/weekinreview/20uchi.xlarge1.jpg)

White Collar Workers. (http://images.wisegeek.com/working-in-an-office.jpg)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Analysis Questions: (http://goo.gl/OA9O9)

1)Bruno moved with his family so his father could be closer to the Nazi death camps. At first only father knew the real reason for moving to the country. Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?
-I think the father was secretive about why the family moved because he did not want his wife or children to back out of the moved. This was proven when the wife found out that Nazis were being burnt at the concentration camp and it was at a see-able/smellable distance from their home.
2)Bruno was taught the think of Jews in a certain way. What was Bruno taught about Jews?
When Bruno fell from the swing a Jewish man helped him. Why was this event significant to Bruno’s mother’s thinking of Jewish people?
-Bruno was taught the Jews were bad and the reason the war began. This was proven when the tutor taught Bruno about "horrible" things Jews have done. A Jew helping Bruno when he fell off the swing was significant to his mother because it made her think Jews were not actually bad people and placing them in concentration camps, using them as slaves, etc. was mistreating them.
3)Bruno’s father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what? Why?
Bruno evolved and transformed as well. What kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?
-Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a vicious soldier because he was more invovled in Nazi containment rather than his family. Bruno also transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed when he began communicating and creating a friendship with the boy in the concentration camp.
4)Describe your feelings about Bruno’s actions. Include descriptions of the scene and the choice(s) Bruno made, and what difference his actions made.
-Bruno's actions to help the boy in the concentration camp resulted in his life because Bruno died at the end of the movie. The scene was intense because Bruno changed into striped pajamas and crawled under the fence and went into the concentration camp to help his friend find his father but during that process him and his friend got caught up into a group that was being transported to be brunt and they was told they were "taking a shower."  

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (Bruno) (http://api.ning.com/files/gv*qWGPHihv6-Uq5mFAciDgeWoMPsTqqeHB1qbArbVVrATwVAi2L-Z9DclHAsBbnz5VeaFPX6*XvyO1XjDixqth8HhQ*KJGw/2008_the_boy_in_the_striped_pyjamas_wall_002.jpg)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (Shmuel) (http://images.amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-dvd/images/disney/TBITSP-4.jpg)

Post WWIII America

Reading: http://goo.gl/DNtTQ

Essential Questions:
1)Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union?
-Americans were afraid of the Soviet Union because they had very different ambitions for the future which would threaten the American way of life.
2)What did the Russians want int Europe?
-The Russians wanted to enforce communism.
3)What did the Americans want in Europe?
-The Americans wanted to create a new world order in which all nations had the right to self-determination.

Communism. (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBI0I3z2u2IhnnlKwGTfDSV8kUrbgMqgyI73DzXudOjM0d2wkc-pDa2wgmkGwj-QZHUnFQtpGpueyg4Fio6eR2T8SbksCWLgH5VeDJ7LW9GwXUEdGvnX40ru8Mb-xp23lN6n32zeefQLs/s1600/communism___full_game_board_by_spiffyofcrud.jpeg)

33rd President, Harry S. Truman (1945-1953). (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/first-family/masthead_image/33ht_header_sm.jpg?1250884801)

Japanese Internment & Justice

Video: http://goo.gl/bpQFI

Essential Questions: 
1)What does the word "internment" mean?
-Interment means to confine someone during war. 
2)Why were Japanese-Americans interned in Manzanar?
-Japanese-Americans were the enemies after Pearl Harbor was bombed because they were half Japanese. 100,000 Japanese-Americans were told to leave their home.
3)Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
-Japanese interment policies were wrong because families lost homes, jobs, businesses, freedom, etc during the period of time they were held captive. 

Internment. (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__hspjzfC024/TRl_wP8rXpI/AAAAAAAACZs/dcVIRVT5BmA/s1600/internment-camps-for-muslims.jpg)

Manzanar. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/ManzanarWatchTowerReplica.jpg/220px-ManzanarWatchTowerReplica.jpg)

The End of WWII

Reading: http://goo.gl/dH94v

Essential Questions: 
1)Was General MacArthur a successful general? Explain with evidence.
-General Douglas MacArthur was a successful general because he won various battles in the islands of: Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima.
2)Explain how successful the G.I. Bill was to returning soldiers.
-The G.I. Bill of Rights was a Servicemen's Readjustment Act which allowed veterans free education and training. The G.I. Bill of Rights was successful because about 7.8 million veterans took advance of this opportunity.
3)Why were Mexicans in L.A. unfairly treated in 1943?
 -Mexicans in L.A. were treated unfairly during 1943 because 11 sailors in Los Angeles reported they had been attacked by zoot-suit-wearing Mexican Americans. Zoot-suit are a style of dress; long jacket and pleated pants suit along with brodd-brimmed hats. Zoot-suits were adopted by Mexican-American youths as a symbol of their rebellion against traditions.

General MacArthur. (http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/M/Douglas-MacArthur-9390257-1-402.jpg)

G.I. Bill of Rights. (http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gi-bill_thumb.gif)

WWII in the Pacific

Reading: http://goo.gl/jU7pX

Essential Questions:
1)Who promised to "return" to liberate the Philippines?
-Douglas MacArthur promised to "return" and liberate the Philippines.
2)What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?
-POTUS reasons for using the atomic bomb was to "save lives."
3)*In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan? 
-Allies were under-strenght to fight Japan because they illed prepared and handicapped by the weather.
4)*Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.
-American submarines were effective because they were accountable for 63% of sunken ships and were kept a secret for surprise attacks.

Presidents of the United States (POTUS). (http://www.potus.com/images/potus.gif)

American Submarines. (http://www.valoratsea.com/VASlogo1.jpg)

WWII Across the Atlantic Ocean

Reading: http://goo.gl/YcdAe

Essential Question:

1. Who was the Supreme Commander in Europe, and was he successful?

-General Dwight David Elsenhower was the supreme commander in Europe and he was successful because he used his keen mind to have the opponents surrender. 

2. What was the significance of “D-Day?”

-The significant of "D-Day" was that it was the first day of the invasion to liberate Europe (remove Hitler with force) in France. 

3. Was Gen. Patton an effective leader?

-General George Patton was effective because he achieved his goals by liberating Paris (kicking the Nazi's out of France). 

4. Why was the Battle of the Bulge significant?
-The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it was Hitlers desperate last-gasp offensive and lastditch offensive to win the war (Germany attacked the allied forces).

Supreme Commander in Europe, Dwight David Eisenhower. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/first-family/masthead_image/34de_header_sm.jpg?1250885267)

General George Patton. (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vD3b2XKj9DTRHcMM4ysODASZjJz56b8A44W0UuGCV-z962CIBiTLmuGK1kkMxgoCgWEVflF-6L5pTpZzgeyvorT8dkttEgvRnGdIISTD2QulbngOajIgwp0bQRAH4Mww_KYYmwpEhuCJ/s400/General+George+Patton+Famous+Quotes.jpg)

Coping With The War At Home

Reading: http://goo.gl/CxDSv

Essential Questions:

1. What was the OPA, and what was their job?

-The OPA (Office of Price Administration) job was to fight inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

2. What was the purpose of the OSRD?

-The OSRD (Office of Scientific Research and Development) was used to bring scientists into the war; not to fight, but for their brains. 

3.  In what ways did Americans sacrifice during WWII?

-During WWII Americans sacrificed by high costs on merchandise, rationing (sharing equally), allotments (assigned amount), scare (little) of goods (ex/ meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gasoline), carpooling (save time, gas, and money), coping with shortage of everything, and hoarding though "black market".  

4.  How similar or different were your sacrifices during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

-The difference between WWII and Iraq/Afghanistan is that during WWII we knew what we were fighting for and that people had to sacrifice for their country.

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U.S. Gets Ready For The Fight

Reading: http://goo.gl/HJ0w0

Essential Questions:  

1. Who was Philip Randolph, and why did he and President Roosevelt meet?

-Philip Randolph was a African-American labor leader. He organized a march on Washington to demand colored Americans to be able to have the right to work and fight for their country. Roosevelt and Randolph met because Roosevelt wanted Randolph to call off the march which did happen at the end because they settled under a agreement which allowed colored people to be able to get good jobs and not be discriminated.    

 2. Who were the WAACs, and why were they important to the war effort?
-Women's Auxiliary Army Crops (WAACs) were important to the war effort because they did many essential duties that were needed for men to be able to fight in the war. Some things that women did were become nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, etc.

3. How well did African-Americans do during WWII?

-During WWII, African-Americans in the beginning did not do very well because they did not have good jobs because of their race. Although, at the end African-Americans raised because of Philip Randolph help of creating better working conditions/circumstances.     

Philip Randolph. (http://cruiselinehistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ransml.jpg)

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). (http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/workshops/wwii/waac.poster.jpg)

U.S. Inches Toward WWII

 Reading: http://goo.gl/HRlCj

Essential Questions:

1. What was Lend-Lease, and what countries did it benefit?

-Lend-Lease Act was that the President would lend or rest weapons and other supplies to "any country whose denfense was vital to the United States."

2. What did Roosevelt call German u-boats?

-Roosevelt called German U-boats, "Rattlesnakes." 

3. How would you describe Roosevelt’s opinion of war?

-Roosevelt opinion of the war was to have a war because he felt like there could be no peace in a world controlled by dictators. Against the Axis Power: Germany, Italy, and Japan. 

Lend-Lease Act. (http://cf067b.medialib.glogster.com/media/92/929a02b8cf35f2b340f8d91377d390e5eba252f5792d72854a60b0d6155cf6cb/6a00d83451cfe069e20105349fc0c3970c-800wi.jpg)

German Submarine (German U-Boat). (http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/U-118.jpg)

World War II Part II

Reading: http://goo.gl/mm8qT

Essential Questions: 
1)List all the countries the Nazi's invaded.
-Austria 
-Czecholovakia
-Poland
-Yugoslavia 
-Bulgaria
-Greece
-Romania
-Hungary
-Lithuania
-Latvia
-Estoni
-Finland
-Norway
-France
-Denmark
-Netherlands (Holland)  
-Belguim
-Soviet Union (Russia)
2)What was Munich Agreement, and what was Churchill's opinion of it?
-On September 30, 1928, The Munich Agreement was signed, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. Winston Churchill thought it was a dishonor because felt that by signing the Munich Agreement, the French and British would adopt a shameful policy of appeasement.
3)What is Blitzkrieg, and what was the purpose?
-Blitzkrieg was a lighting war, which used advances in military technology-to take enemy's by surprise and then quickly crush all oppositions.

Nazi's. (http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/life_nazi_germany_pre_ww2_1.jpg)

Munich Agreement. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R69173,_M%C3%BCnchener_Abkommen,_Staatschefs.jpg/300px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R69173,_M%C3%BCnchener_Abkommen,_Staatschefs.jpg)

World War II Part I

Reading: http://goo.gl/NLv5Z

1. What treaty did Hitler hate? Why?

 -Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles because Germany was blamed for starting WWI and forced to pay war debts.

2. Who became dictators during the 1930’s, and for what country?

 -Joseph Stain- Soviet Union/Russia
-Adolf Hitler- Gemany
-Benito Massolini- Italy 
-Fransico Frano- Spain
-Hideki Tojo- Japan    

3. Explain similarities and differences amongst the dictators.

 -Similarities were that when people interfered with their plans they would "get rid of them." Also, they had powerful public speakers.   

4. What was the U.S. thinking as several wars were breaking out?

-FDR wanted to get into war but the Americans and isolationist newspaper said no because they were suffering though the Great Depression.

Adolf Hitler, Germany. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zBBNGl0BwMY/UMGaGM8_EAI/AAAAAAAAEBQ/eaiCJUsVQIU/s1600/adolf-hitler-.jpg)

Treaty of Versailles. (http://www.redicecreations.com/winterwonderland/versailles.jpg)

World War II Key Terms

1. Allies
-United States, England, and Soviet Union (Russia)
2. Axis

-Germany, Japan, Italy
3. Defense spending

-Amount of money government spends on the military
4. Unemployment rate

-Percent of people unemployed
5. Federal outlay

 -Amount of money  the federal government uses to buy stuff

6. Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic

-(Number 7) 
7. German U-boats

-German submarines
8. Isolationists

-Policy of "mind your business"
9. Appease

-To give in
10. Lend-Lease Act

-Law that allowed President of the United of the States (POTUS) to sell weapons to our friends
11. Office of Price Administration

-U.S. federal agency, established to prevent wartime inflation.
12. Inflation

-When prices for goods/service increases but income remains the same
13. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

-Leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.
14. Pres. Harry S. Truman 
-After Roosevelt died, Truman lead the United States and successfully concluded World War II. Which after marked the start of the Cold War.

15. Phillip Randolph

-Leader of the African-American civil-rights movement, the American labor movement and socialist political parties.
16. Gen. Patton

-General in the United States Army, best known for his command of the Seventh Untied States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theater of World War II.
17. Gen. MacArthur

-Commanded Allied forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
18. Gen. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of U.S. Forces

-Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch and the successful invasion of France and Germany from the Western Front
19. Adolph Hitler

-Germany, Nazis
20. Benito Mussolini

-Italy
21. Joseph Stalin

-Soviet Union/Russia22. Winston Churchill

-England/United Kingdom
23. Battle of the Bulge

-The last stand for Germany
24. D-Day

-Offensive by Allies to take over Europe
25. Auschwitz

-Jewish concentration camp
26. Atomic bomb

-Nuclear bomb dropped on Japan to end the war
27. Interment

-Camps on West Coast used to detain Japanese Americans
28. Income tax

-Percent of tax paid on personal income (paycheck)
29. Wage & price controls

-Commonly instituted by governments as a response to inflation, and usually below market level.
30. War bonds

-Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war.
31. WAACs

-Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WWAC) was created as an auxiliary unit.
32. WWII Battles of the Pacific

-Naval Aviation News articles to Commemmorate the 50th Anniversary of World War II.
33. GI Bill of Rights

-Servicemen's Readjustment Act, a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business or farm, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend college, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation.

34. Zoot-Suit Riots

-Series of riots in 1943 during World War II that exploded in Los Angles and California between, White sailors and Marines.

Axis & Allies. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/AxisAndAlliesBox.jpg)

World War II (1939-1945). (http://www.daphnelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/World-War-2-Timeline.jpg)

"The Help" and the Struggle for African-American Equality

   In the movie, "The Help," African-American maids were mistreated and wanted to let the world know how they were being mistreated by agreeing for a White women writer to collect their stories and create a book. The movie reveals how American-Americans were not respected with the same equality as others.
    In one incident, African-American maids were underpaid. They received  95cents an hour and 182dollars a month. Often the maids were unable to send their children to school because they needed them to work to help provide money to support their family. Also, their child that were able to make it though school were unable to make it to college because their parents could not afford to send them to college with their low wages. African-American maids were unable to get any extra money because Whites thought that African-Americans did not deserve anything that they did not work for even though, they did more work than the Whites.
   In another incident, African-American maids had to use separate restrooms and appliances. White people did not want to share the same things as African-Americans because they did not want to catch diseases. Whites looked down to African-Americans because they are "colored."
   In a third incident, African-Americans already knew what they would become when they were born because of what their mother's were, a maid. When the maids were born they did not choose to work as slaves, they were deprived of anything they wanted to be and forced to work as a maid. Maids that did not follow orders were yelled at, abused, and even fired. 
    The importance of, "The Help," is to rebel against mistreatment as the African-American maids helped create the book about their stories to release the truth about how Whites were treating them. The movie helps people open up their eyes to various and curl mistreatment. People takes freedom as a given but back then for those African-American maids freedom was not given nor a choice. As years passes by our world has changed in enormous ways, for the better and worst. The benefit this movie gave is to be thankful for having freedom and appreciate that slavery no longer exists. 

"The Help." (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0Qlox40VlYNAsh75rtKY6kRWpv2sKlqQ-Ex02Ddj9E2olDzomoah2gF7wOWmoUj4AmuVNaZTWJP1CMZfE3quND2LAyzbRQtaKGHyiKiVgrUnXGdP8GzpQlcN7l9ohRfnSUbHD1DLGCFo/s1600/The+Help+Movie.jpg)

 

 

 

 

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