Jacksonian-Reform

Jacksonian-Reform, World War II- Leasia, Yogianand, Alyssa Maharaj

World War II

Key Facts

Failure of the Treaty of Versailles Attack on Pearl Harbor
 * Germany's military size was restricted.
 * Germany had to pay reparations (war damages) for WWI. They were blamed for the war.
 * Germany lost their territories in Europe and overseas, which was given to other countries
 * The Embargo Act on Japan- US cut off all foreign trade with Japan because they used raw material (oil, scrap metal etc.) for attacks on other countries.
 * The attack on Pearl Harbor was a way for Japanese to delay the US military and expand Japan into Southern Pacific Islands.
 * The US were aware of this attack but didn't know when.
 * On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was attack by Japanese Aircraft's.

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * The Manhattan Project begun in 1942 to make a weapon today known as the atomic bomb.
 * President Truman decided to use this new weapon on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * On August 6 1945 the first Atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima then following the August 9 bombing of Nagasaki
 * Japan surrenders and the emperor remained to the throne.



Vocabulary Words for WWII

1. Holocaust

The murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. They also murdered other groups such as Gypsies, the disabled, and Russians.

2. Appeasement

Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.

3. Battle of Midway

A 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.

4. D-Day

Day of the invasion of Western Europe by Allied forces-June 6, 1944.

5. Island Hopping

Allied strategy of capturing Japanese-held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean.

6. Potsdam Declaration

Message sent by the allies in July 1945 calling for the Japanese to surrender.

7. Battle of Britain

Germany’s failed attempt to subdue Britain in 1940 in preparation for invasion.

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Document 1)

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense...With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God." President F.D. Roosevelt - 8th December 1941

Question: What attack was president Roosevelt talking about and what lead to it?

Document 2)



Question: What is the main idea of this document and why was this order made?

Document 3)

"Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely" General Dwight Eisenhower - 6th June 1944

Question: Who was Dwight Eisenhower talking about and what is significant about this quote?

Document 4)



Question: What is the main idea of this picture?

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Jacksonian Reform

Key Facts

Second Party System
 * Expansion of Suffrage
 * Popular Party Politics
 * Mass campaigns w/ popular appeal
 * During Jackson's 2nd term, the opposition party started calling themselves the Whigs

Presidency
 * Andrew Jackson & the Election of 1824: The Corrupt Bargain
 * Jackson's Presidency, 1828

States Rights and economics


 * Bank Wars
 * Indian Removal: The Supreme Court and the Trail of Tears



Spoils System- rewarding your supporters government job.

Indian Removal Act- 1830 law that moved all Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to Indian territory.

Second Great Awakening- period of renewal in Christian beliefs, occurred during the 1800s.

Trail of Tears- 1838-1839, 800 mile forced march of the Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory.

Nullification Crisis- South Carolina threatened to leave the United States, Andrew Jackson used the army and threatened to have his vice president hung to prevent it.

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Document 1)

"Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it." [|Andrew Jackson]

Question: What is this quote saying?

Document 2)

Question: Who did Andrew Jackson shoot and why?

Document 3)

[|Andrew Jackson]
 * "Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error." **

Question:What is Andrew Jackson talking about in this quote ?

Bibilography "WW2 Quotes." //WW2 Quotes//. Web. 29 May 2012. []. "World War 2 Famous Quotes - Worldwar-2.net." //World War 2 Famous Quotes - Worldwar-2.net//. Web. 29 May 2012. [].

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