Current Events Summary.

Pakistan and Iran have finalized a 1,600 mile long pipeline to carry gas from Iran through Pakistan into India. The pipeline will cost $7.5bn and will generate a large amount of money in transit fees, since the pipeline will pass through Pakistan. Leaders in both countries say this deal promotes peace and friendship.
The price of oil dropped as Scottish refinery workers ended their two-day strike that halter much of the North Sea’s oil production. After the strike the price of oil dropped fifty cents to $118.25. This comes as a great relief as the oil prices have been ever quickly increasing over the last few weeks, but this recession will not last long.

25A

As you read about how the United States mobilized for war, note how each of the
following contributed to that effort.
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1. Selective Service System

Drafted 5 million into military service.

2. Women

Women became part of the military es nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, and electricians.

3. Minorities

300,000 mexicans joined the army.

4. Manufacturers

Factories were transformed into wartime production.

5. A. Philip Randolph

President of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. Organized a march on Washington for African Americans to fight for their country.

6. Office of Scientific Research
and Development (OSRD)

built the atomic bomb.

7. Entertainment industry

Built anti german and anti Japanese feelings through propaganda in their movies.

8. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Fought inflation by freezing the price of most goods.

9. War Production Board (WPB)

Decided which companies would convert to wartime production.

10. Rationing

Fixed allotments of goods for the people of the country to save money and food.

Ch. 25 Sec. 3

A. As you read about the defeat of Japan and the end of the war, write notes to
describe important wartime and war-related events. (Leave the shaded box blank.)
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The War in the Pacific
Date and Place Leaders Involved What happened?
1. April 1942, Bataan-
2. June 1942, Midway- Chester Nimitz, Japanese lost four aircraft carriers, a cruiser, and 250 planes
3. August 1942, Guadalcanal- Ralph Martin, 19,000 U.S. troops stormed the Solomon islands, 6 months long, U.S. victory
4. October 1944, Leyte Gulf- Charles Brown, Japanese lost 3 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 13 cruisers, 500 planes
5. March 1945, Iwo Jima- MacArthur, 20,500 japanese died, 6000 U.S. troops died, U.S. Victory
6. June 1945, Okinawa- Japanese lost 110,100 men, U.S. lost 7,600 men, U.S. victory
7. September 1945, Tokyo Bay-
The Science of War
Date and Place Leaders Involved What happened?
8. July 1945, Los Alamos- President Truman
9. August 1945, Hiroshima, Nagasaki- two atomic bombs were dropped killing over 200,000 people
Planning and Rebuilding for Peace
Date and Place Leaders Involved What happened?
10. February 1945, Yalta- Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Germany remained divided into 4 parts for a time, stalin agreed to free elections in Poland and other soviet occupied countries
11. April 1945, San Francisco- United Nations began
12. 1945–1949, Nuremberg- 12 nazi leaders were sentenced to death, 12 were put in prison

Current Events Summary #6

Not much has happened economically these past few weeks. India’s giants railway network will receive $56bn over the next five years. The railway tends to upgrade their safety measures, add new routes, and other such commodities. This event caps an incredible turnaround after the railway nearly went bankrupt in 2001. The Indian government plans to cancel all farmers’ debt, the total amount of debts being wiped clean is $15bn. The debt removal will be offered to all farmers with less than two hectares of land. The government also plans to increase educational spending by 20% and health care funding by 15%. India and Pakistan are fighting over the rights to the name “Kashmir pashima.” This name involves the weaving of fine cloth into intricate designs. The designs are worth a lot of money and take over a week to make with 36 contributors. If the two countries make a joint agreement each country will have a share in the profit and reap a great deal of money, however if they do not come to an agreement they will be fighting endlessly.

New Project Outline

4. Assess the effects of geography on the history of civilizations and nations.
USII.16 Explain the reasons for the dropping of atom bombs on Japan and their short and long-term effects. Chapter 25
USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends. Chapter 26
USII.20 Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam War and summarize the diplomatic and military policies of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Chapter 30
President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address (1961)

This will be a powerpoint project again.

USII.15 Analyze how German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia contributed to the start of World War II and summarize the major battles and events of the war.

USII.17 Explain important domestic events that took place during WWII.

USII.21 Analyze how the failure of communist economic policies as well as U.S.-sponsored resistance to Soviet military and diplomatic initiatives contributed to ending the Cold War.

USII.29 Analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

War in Europe-24H

Why did Neville chamberlain sign the Munich Pact?
he wanted to avoid war

Why did Winston Churchill oppose the pact?
He believed appeasement was a shameful act and knew that they had not avoided war

What did Germany and the USSR agree to in their accords?
Non-aggression pact

What happened to Poland as a result of the invasion, and how did Britain and France respond to it?
Poland was overrun by a new tactic called Blitzkreig, Britain and France came to arms and fought the "phony war"

What were the surrender terms offered to France?
Germans would occupy Northern France while a Nazi controlled puppet gvt. would control Southern France.
What type of battle was the Battle of Britain, and why was England's victory so important?
It was an air battle, they now controlled the airways.