Topic 9

Role of Women during WWII:

-Worked as nurses; helping injured soldiers.

-Maintained jobs for men in war.

-Were not allowed to fight in war.

Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb

Causes:

- New government in Japan on 1941.

-Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Caused major damage to the United States.

-United States declared war on Japan and dropped atomic bombs.

Effects:

-Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (killed 90,000 immediately), and Nagasaki (killed 70,000 immediately)

-Lasting effects of radiation; severe health problems for Japanese citizens.

-Destroyed everything: homes, cities, and people.

US Foreign Policy before, during And after WWII:

-US aid to war for allied forces; weapons; battleships

-US stayed neutral until 1941

-US active with allies.

Effect of the War on Europe

-Damage to all of the European countries. (Structural)

-Population declines.

-Tension.

-A lot of debt.

-Extreme numbers  of death in countries where the Holocaust took place.

Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack

-Death of American soldiers

-Destruction of the Harbor.

-Caused the US to enter WWII, US declared war on Japan, then Germany declared war on the US.

-US gave entire support to allies.

-US used the atomic bomb twice on Japan, forcing them to surrender.

Japanese Internment:

-Japanese sent to camps by American Government for "protection" of the land

-USA vs Kormazu; US violating rights.

Neutrality Acts:

-Stay out of war

-US battleships were to NOT be armed.

- No US citizen were allowed to travel on ships.

-No selling of weapons

Propaganda:

-Involve more citizens in war.

-Germans wanted allies to attack US

-Prevented US from fighting agaisnt Germany.

Rationing:

-Shortage of food= starved to death.

-Russia destroyed people

-Eating own family members.

Results of WWII:

-Destruction

-Economy in the US ^

-NATO

-The Cold War.