dropping the atomic bomb

1. What factors have affected viewpoints on Truman's decision?

Some people say he made the wrong decision because it is immoral to stop the war by bombs and others believed that he shouldn't have used them because now they will be used in future wars. Only a minority were opposed to the bombing at the time.

2. Do you think he made the right decision? Give your reasons.

Yes in this case I think he made the right decision because he is the president of the United States and he was doing what was best for his country by saving as many Americans as possible who didn't ahve to invade Japan, it was not his job to protect Japanese. It saved AQmericans lives by endind the war as soon as possible. Also this did make it so nuclear power would be used in future wars but that would havwe happened anyway, it is not Truman's fault, he was just the one who introduced them to the world.

war in the pacific!

1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
the allies were "island hopping" to Japan and had to getthe island of Midway in order to keep going.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
kamikaze in which suicide planes would crash into enemies ships.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
The Japanese fought so hard because Iwo Jima was the last island before the U.S. reached their goal, Okinawa so they could bomb the mainland and if the japanese had defeated them then the US wouldn't be able to advance.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
The allies believed that the battle at Okinawa would be similar to that of Japan with many deaths from the Japanese defendind their land.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
It was the best-kept secret in the war, it was the scientific research of the atomic bomb.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
To make the war end as quickly as possible so the japanese would surrender.

war for europe and north africa

Read the remainder of Chapter 25-2 (pages 779 onward) (War for Europe and North Africa) and post your answers to the following questions in your blog. Your answers are due at the beginning of class Tuesday. Title: War for Europe and North Africa - Part II Labels: WWII, FDR, Churchill, D-Day, Battle_of_Bulge, Germany, Hitler, Truman

6. What was D-Day?
June 6, an allied invasion, largest land-air-sea operation in army history.
7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?
The fight went on for a month and nothing seemed to have changed axcept that the Germans were now weakened and could do little but retreat.
8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?
The city was in panick and soldiers were shot.
9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?
Hitler shot himself, FDR had a stroke and dies and Harry Truman became president.

war for europe and north africa

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
They agreed to be alliances and help eachother in the war.

2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
If Hitler won then Great Britain would be starved into submission, great britain relied on ship lines from America.

3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
hitler wanted soviet oil fields and to wipe out the industrial center, sinvce they lost it gave the Soviet oppurtunity to pursue towards Germany.

4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
The allies confronted axis-controlled north Africa and won when the Afrikans surrendeered.

5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
Germany itself collapsed freeing Italy.

mobilizing for wwii

1. Selective Service System
expanded the draft, allowing about 10 million more to join.
2. Women
served in noncombat positions
3. Minorities
Thousands from different minorities enlisted in the war.
4. Manufacturers
Automobile plants made tanks and airplanes for the war and many manufactures of all sorts converted to making war products.
5. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)
Scientists also contibuated to the war effort with medicine, radar, sonar, pesticides and atomic bombs.
6 Entertainment industry
Movies involving issues from the war had many joining the war.
7. Office of Price Administration (OPA)
Foght inflation, freezed prices of most goods.
8. War Production Board (WPB)
The government made it so armed forces got what they needed, many children and familys donated goods.
9. Rationing
People were given coupons to buy necessities that the military also needed for the war.

japan and u.s. relations in 1941

Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941

Document A:Japan wants to try to take down every country under there power including Great Britain which would hopefully make the Americans reconsider and join the Axis powers too.
Document B: This cartoon shows that the Japanese are encircling the higher powers such as FDR. The people are getting dizzy and disoriented, the japanese want them to give up.
Document C:This dispatch fromt he Japanese to negotiators is explaining how the U.S. is not wanting to negotiate or open to "bending". It says that the U.S. propsed a "humiliating proposal" that makes the negotiators embarassed of their negotiations.
Document D:Tojo says that Majesty would like it best if Japan brought the military and government closer together. He says that it is the Majesty's choice and not his to do this and that it is their duty to fulfill what he wants.
Document E:In this FDR tells of how even thought the U.S. had been negotiating and had a peaceful relationship with Japan, they had been planning the attack on Pearl Harbor for weeks and that the U.S. is officially in war with Japan.

America moves toward war

Labels: FDR, Pearl_Harbor, WWII, Japan, Great_Britain, Axis_Powers,

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
Allowed warring nations to by U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them themselves.
2. Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy and Japan.
3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
The government woulf lend or lease arms to countries that put U.S. in danger.
4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
collective security, disarnment, self determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas
5. Who were the Allies?
Nations who fought the Axis powers.
6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
They had raided sunk or damaged nearly the whole fleet.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Because the U.S. joined the allies