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Four Worlds
Primary Sources
The document shows the U.S. steering a ship that is supposed to be against Hitler but is directed by freedom of the seas. America was attempting to stay neutral during the war by passing the Neutrality Acts that stated Americans could not sail on a belligerent ship, sell munitions or provide loans for belligerents. This is significant because it shows America’s true intentions and side in the war, which became more evident when the U.S. started providing materials for the Allies on a “cash-and-carry” basis.
-Tommy E. Summary: Milton Eisenhower explains that the Japanese numbered 100,000 along the West Coast and after Pearl Harbor they posed a threat on national security. He claims that the Army and the War Relocation Authority regretted taking them from their homes. Eisenhower says that first the Japanese that occupied areas near naval bases were moved, but the army saw that they would have to inevitably move all of them in order to maintain security.
Significance: This shows that the government tried to explain their actions and attempted to sway the public to their relocation program. The government was worried about potential spies and this was the best way they thought they could deal with it. Sadly it resulted in the movement of thousands of families and their lives were to be changed—but not for the better as they faced a harsh life in the newly created camps. -Kelsey O. |
Summary: Because men were away at war, baseball fields we often not being used as much as they were intended for. Hence there became a woman's baseball league. This league was intended for pure entertainment, however the women playing didnt see it that way nor did the coaches. The women were often rather prissy and the male coaches were often stubborn and not easy to be around when it came to coaching the girls.
Significance: Women were encouraged to fill jobs as the men were away at war. These jobs ranged from factory working to sports. Women stepped up to the plate in both ways considering these women kept up the love of the game as well as supporting the men at war. People really enjoyed watching the games and admired the young ladies as well. -Natalie M. Summary: The parents of a child who send their children to another school other than the a public school still have to pay taxes and have to provide their children's bussing. They do not get the reimbursement for their taxes to help pay for it. Significance: The significance of the court case is that that there is only a base of what the government provides for the citizens. The citizens then had to pay for what they wanted if it was extra. -Chris S. |
Trigger Words
Kennan, George
Foreign Service officer George Kennan was the key idea man behind the containment doctrine. His knowledge of Soviet history led him to conclude that the Soviets saw capitalist-communist conflict as inevitable. The only way to deal with that mentality, concluded Kennan, was for the United States to contain communism by resisting Soviet aggression and expansion wherever it might occur.
Marshall Plan In 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed a massive economic aid program to rebuild the war-torn economies of European nations. The plan was motivated both by humanitarian concern for the conditions of those nations' economies and by fear that their economic dislocation would promote the spread of communism in Europe, particularly Western Europe; also known as the European Recovery Program.
McCarthyism In the early 1950s, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a witch-hunt of government employees that he charged with being communists or communist sympathizers. His unscrupulous tactics have been labeled "McCarthyism"--smearing someone's reputation by telling a "big lie" about them.
Taft-Hartley Act The anti-union Taft-Hartley Act (1947) outlawed the closed shop and secondary boycotts. It also authorized the president to seek injunctions to prevent strikes that posed a threat to national security
Containment a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam.
Dumbarton Oaks The Dumbarton Oaks Conference constituted the first important step taken to carry out paragraph 4 of the Moscow Declaration of 1943, which recognized the need for a postwar international organization to succeed the League of Nations.
Marshall Plan In 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed a massive economic aid program to rebuild the war-torn economies of European nations. The plan was motivated both by humanitarian concern for the conditions of those nations' economies and by fear that their economic dislocation would promote the spread of communism in Europe, particularly Western Europe; also known as the European Recovery Program.
McCarthyism In the early 1950s, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a witch-hunt of government employees that he charged with being communists or communist sympathizers. His unscrupulous tactics have been labeled "McCarthyism"--smearing someone's reputation by telling a "big lie" about them.
Taft-Hartley Act The anti-union Taft-Hartley Act (1947) outlawed the closed shop and secondary boycotts. It also authorized the president to seek injunctions to prevent strikes that posed a threat to national security
Containment a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam.
Dumbarton Oaks The Dumbarton Oaks Conference constituted the first important step taken to carry out paragraph 4 of the Moscow Declaration of 1943, which recognized the need for a postwar international organization to succeed the League of Nations.