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“Nuclear Weapons Club” (Handout) • (1) Which nine countries have nuclear weapons? • (2) Which country is actively seeking to become the 10th country in the world to possess nuclear weapons? • (3) What concerns should this pose to the world community? “The Chinese Civil War” (1949) ** Read, Pages 642-643, “Why did the Communists win?” • Mao Zedong vs. Chiang Kai-shek • The Peoples Republic of China • “Taiwan” or the Republic of China “Duck and Cover” - Hmm, how effective might this have been? - Nuclear fallout - Federal Civil Defense Administration (1951) - School-practiced drills to survive a nuclear bomb attack - Encouraged Americans The naïve attempts of Bert the Turtle to build bomb shelters to survive the firecracker of his monkey nemesis in the 1952 film Duck and Cover were overshadowed - “Duck and Cover” by the reality of the 1954 H-Bomb. - (9:15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 “Duck and Cover” “Dropping immediately and covering exposed skin provide[s] protection against blast and thermal effects....Immediately drop facedown. A log, a large rock, or any depression in the earth's surface provides some protection. Close eyes. Protect exposed skin from heat by putting hands and arms under or near the body and keeping the helmet on. Remain facedown until the blast wave passes and debris stops falling. Stay calm, check for injury, check weapons and equipment damage, and prepare to continue the mission.” 1954 – Bikini Island, Hydrogen Bomb test Bomb Shelters - Avoid Nuclear Fallout, as the idea was people could avoid nuclear fallout - Two weeks inside - 12-inch concrete thick walls - Ventilation & waste systems - Food, water, etc. Read in textbooks on pages 625-626, section “International Impact of the War” to “International Organizations and Treaties” • How did WWII impact the world politically? • How did WWII impact the world politically? – Division of Germany – Chinese Communists win the Chinese Civil War (1927 – 1949) – Imperialism internationally weakens around the world • Why? – Two superpowers emerge • Handout – Imperialism Weakens