Germany Gets Divided

Today we discussed the division of Germany into four areas controlled by France, Great Britain, the US and USSR. The area controlled by the US, France and Great Britain became West Germany and the USSR controlled area which includes Berlin became East Germany. Berlin was also split into East and West even though it is located in the middle of the communist controlled East Germany.

We also read about how the United Nations was created and the importance of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

For Five Minutes More go to http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/04-05/forties click on "learn more about the '40's and then click 1948 (the year the UN was founded) Under "A Cold War is declared" write down what nation is founded.

Five Minutes More...

This is the first blog that will review the day and ask you to go somewhere on the web as an enrichment for the lesson.

Friday's lecture was on the beginning of the Cold War. In February 1945 the Allied leaders (the Big Three) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met in Yalta (in the Soviet Union) to discuss what needs to happen in the world. Remember that WWII has not ended yet, but the Allies were very close to getting Hitler/Germany to surrender. The Yalta Agreement states:

• Soviets would declare war against Japan and in return get territories in Asia


• they would divide Germany into four zones until free elections could take place (France, Great Britain, US and USSR would each control a zone)


• Stalin agreed to allow free elections would be held in the Eastern European countries that Germany took prior to and during the war, but the Soviets controlled now during the end of the war


• Stalin would cooperate in developing the new international peace keeping organization, The United Nations

Stalin did not do as he said he would...so the Cold War begins.....

For something extra, you may go to http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/yalta.htm and read the official agreement. What is the date it is signed? By whom?

WWII Test Review

The Vocabulary...
Island hopping was the US plan to defeat Japan by attacking islands in the Pacific that weren't as well defended and gradually move up. Containment keeps Communism under control. Manhatten Project was the building of the Atomic Bomb. Neutrality Acts were passed by Congress in 1935 that made it illegal for Americans to sell guns to any country at war. "Big Three" refers to FDR, Churchill and Stalin. Rationing is limiting goods during a time of war. Kristalnecht or night of broken glass was a night of anti-Jewish violence (broke the glass of all Jewish owned businesses). Appeasement is giving into demands - Britain and France gave into Hitler. Genocide is killing of one group (race) of people. Isolationism is when a country wants to worry about itself and not what other countries are doing. Totalitarism is when a country is run by a dictator like facism, nazism and communism and has total control of the government and economy. Mobilization referes to getting ready for war. Interment camps have people relocate from their own homes to a government controlled area so they can keep their eye on them.

Here are the answers to the next set of questions...
legislative/attack on Pearl Harbor/Germany, Japan and Italy/Hawaiian Islands - December 7, 1941/June 6, 1944 aka D-Day or Operation Overlord - General Omar Bradley/Eisenhower/Britain held off Germany (remember Churchill quote)/code breakers/two fronts/Treaty of Versailles - Economic depression - Appeasement - Militarism/Iwo Jima and Okinawa/Midway (Pacific) and El Alamein (European Front even though it is in North Africa)/Britain, France, US, China and Soviet Union.

Be able to locate on a map...
Italy - Mussolini; Soviet Union - Stalin; Germany - Hitler
Germany started WWII by invading Poland/Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific/the Allied invasion of Europe occurred in Normandy, France/the Bataan Death March took place on the Phillipines/the first sea battle fought entirely by aircraft was fought in the Coral Sea (by Australia)/Japan invaded Manchuria - China in 1937

Review Material...
bad land and unfamiliar way of life/settled the area/Progressive Era late 1800's/monopoly - total control of the market share/telephone and telegraph/expansionism/Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft and Woodrow Wilson/power to propose and pass legislation/Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism/literary and artistic acheivments of African Americans in the 1920s/intolerance/John T. Scopes - teaching evolution - intolerance - William Jennings Bryan battled against teaching evolution for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow defended Scopes/October 29, 1929/African Americans from the rural south/decreased/The New Deal.

If you have any questions just post a comment.

The Cold War is coming!!!

Happy New Year!!!

I know school has not returned yet, but I found a great video clip on teachertube.com that gives a great preview to the Cold War.

"http://www.teachertube.com/skin-p/mediaplayer.swf"

Continue enjoying your time off and I will see you on January 7.

Anybody Out There???

Okay students! I hope you are studying for the test tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions. (my apologies to Pink Floyd)

Food Eaten, Games Watched...Time to Get Back to History

I added another game on quia http://www.quia.com/jw/185514.html this is a word scramble of the 1930s that you need to know for the test. Once you unscramble the word look through your notes to find the meaning.

A few other things you need to know for the test...

• Three presidents of the 1920s: Harding, Coolidge and Hoover
• the New Deal was created by FDR to provide RELIEF, RECOVERY and REFORM
• Shantytowns - temporary housing from wood crates and other leftover materials
• the Teapot Dome Scandal illegal leasing of oil resrves to private oil companies (Harding)
• Three things that brought prosperity and encourage economic growth: Lower taxes of wealthy corporations, enforcement of anti-trust laws; higher protective tariffs
• The assemby line provided lower priced consumer goods and products
• Henry Ford used it for cars so everyday people could afford them
• Industries that boomed because of the automobile: gas stations, motels, road side cafes
• What gave consumers the ability to buy? rise of disposal income and buy on credit.
• Four stages of the business cycle: prosperity, recession, depression and recovery (know what each step means)
• Dust Bowl was a 7 year drought on the Great Plains.
• The author that wrote the "Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck
• Four causes of the Great Depression - buy on margin, overproduction of goods, decline of agriculture products and high protective tariffs

I hope this helps you to study. Remember this is a short 6 Weeks!!!

Please post a question, I will keep checking...

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

You left today to enjoy a four day break from school!!!! In case your parents and other relatives are driving you crazy I have put a review of the 1920s together for you. You can go to http://www.quia.com/jg/1242853.html and play a game to help you review for your test on Tuesday. I will put something else together to get you ready for the 1930s later on during the holidays. For now I hope you are enjoying a well deserved break!

GIG EM AGGIES!!!