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Unit 7

Chapter assumptions Germany begins invading the remaining european countries such as poland and france. Also starts the blitz on england Fdr wins his third term as president and begins moving away from nuetrality in the growing conflict in both the pacific and europe Allied with japan germany begins to invade the USSR and japan begins preparing for the war with america Pearl harbor finally enters the us into WWII Unit 7

Chapter assumptions Germany begins invading the remaining european countries such as poland and france. Also starts the blitz on england Fdr wins his third term as president and begins moving away from nuetrality in the growing conflict in both the pacific and europe Allied with japan germany begins to invade the USSR and japan begins preparing for the war with america Pearl harbor finally enters the us into WWII

View of the island of Iwo Jima from Mount Suribachi after the US Marines secured the mountain. The USS Arizona as it sinks during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

=The Cold War! 1945-1990=
 * berlin wall was the symbol of the war
 * was between Communism and Capitalism
 * involved the USSR and USA and the countries they influenced
 * USA tried to stop spread of communism/dictatorship
 * USSR tried to spread communism/dictatorship

USA has a mix or welfare capitalism with some government intervention in the economy. representative democracy

Communism and Dictatorship

 * lenin was first followed by stalin
 * a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
 * "official" religion of communism is atheism
 * government controlled economy and society
 * all based on a classless society
 * based on giving all that you can and you will get all that you need.

=﻿As of the end of the Korean in 1953 who was winning the cold war?= Communism seemed to be winning at the time because of
 * the successful nuclear weapon test
 * frustrating american stalemate in Korea
 * Red Scare Hysteria in america
 * expanding communist influence
 * lack of success from containment policy

=The Korean War= see Projects for slide show



9: Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny
a) Forced removal of American Indians to the trans-Mississippi West b) Western migration and cultural interactions c) Territorial acquisitions d) Early U.S. imperialism: the Mexican War

Truman and Eisenhower Presidency Movie Truman was a shock to the world when he took over after FDR died was a very plain spoken person often being bluntt was the president to decide to drop nuclear weapon because it was the common sense decision integrated the military and civil sevice and because of it he lost the support of many white southerners containment led to both the korean war but also the vietnam war because Ho Chi Minh asked for aid but the French also asked for aid fight the communists Eisenhower reluctant candidate but eventually joined the republicans and felt he was needed to help move the country in the right decision brought an end to the korean war and then worked towards peace created the largest civil engineering project of the country the highway system tried to distance himself from the growing civil rights movement as of 1960 america feels that it is loosingthe cold war because of the space race and cuba