Postwar America 1950's

1. What was the u.s economy like during WWII? How were Americans doing?

• The economy was really bad because people were dieing or becoming really poor.

2. How did the American economy transform after the great depression and WWII?

• People learnd how bad it can be if the graet depression came again so people started changing how they lived.

3.Why would a company like google not do well in the 1950's

• Because eventually there would be something better then google and google wouldnt last.

The Boy in Striped Pajamas ~ Analasis Question

1.The father was so secrevtive about about why the way the family moved because he didn't want them his family to know hes a bad person and kills jews.

2. Brunos taught about the jews was evil and started the war.

3.The event significant to Brunos mother thinks that jewish people are not what they make them out to be.

4.Brunos father evelved and tranformed from a loving father into a monster, because he took his family to a place were they are unhappy and hes killing the jewish.

5.The kind of boy that bruno was at first was nieve and he transform into a bad little boy hows alway doing something.

Japanese Intrnment & Justice

1. Why were Americans afraid of Europe?-The Soviet Union created a political system called communism and most believed that it was a threat to the way the United States did things.

2. What did the Russians want in Europe?
- Russians encouraged communism and they wanted to rebuild Europe's economy using their materials and goods. They also wanted to use Eastern Europe to control the United States' influence on the Western part of Europe.

3. What did Americans want in Europe?- The United States wanted to recreate European governments so that the US can gain new markets for new goods. They also meddled, wanting to reunited Germany, thinking that Europe would be more productive if Germany were together again.

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The Study Guide

The G.I. Bill of Rights made it possible for Veterans to do what?

• attend college for free

What happened to the paychecks of African-Americans during the war?

• African-Americans did really well economically

What three things did the U.S. do to fight war time inflation?

• income tax, wage/price controls, war bonds

Who organized a protest against discrimination of Blacks in defense companies?

• Phillip Randolph

An example of racial tensions in L.A. during WWII led to what?

• Zoot-Suit Riots\

Strong anti-Japanese-American feelings after Pearl Harbor led to what?

• Internment of Japanese-Americans

Which General liberated Paris, France from the *****?

• Gen. Patton

Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because

• Truman wanted to end the war and save American lives

 Who led the allied troops to victory in Bataan, Leyte, ?

• Gen.MacArthur

The Allies were

• U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union

The Axis were

• Germans, Italy, Japan

*What year did the unemployment rate peak?	1933
#2	*Unemployment was lowest in what year?	1944
#3	Which government agency was created to fight inflation?	Office of Price Administration

*What year did the unemployment rate peak?	1933
#2	*Unemployment was lowest in what year?	1944
#3	Which government agency was created to fight inflation?	Office of Price Administration

What year did the unemployment rate peak?	1933
#2	*Unemployment was lowest in what year?	1944

WWII in the Pacific

1.Who promised to "return" to liberate the Philipines?

• Douglas MacArthur

2. What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?

• He wanted peace and saved houndreds oof Americans. He thought that if they throw the bombs Japan would surrender and after the secound bomb they did.

3. In 1942, why were the Allies under-strenght to fight Japan?

Japanese Interment and Justice

1.What does the word "interment" mean to you?

• Confinement-meaning they were trapped or prisoned during wartime 

2.Why were Japanaese Americans interned in Manzanar?

• Because the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and they sent all japanese race to a concentration camp because they thought every japanese were spy's

3.Why were Japanese interment Policies wrong?

• Old woman and children were given curfews and people "workers" who disobey orders were stabbed and shot