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That Damned Fence (circulated at Arizona internment camp) They’ve sunk the posts deep into the ground They’ve strung out wires all the way around. With machine gun nests just over there, And sentries and soldiers everywhere. We’re trapped like rats in a wired cage, To fret and fume with impotent rage; Yonder whispers the lure of the night, But that DAMNED FENCE assails our sight. We seek the softness of the midnight air, But that DAMNED FENCE in the floodlight glare Awakens unrest in our nocturnal quest, And mockingly laughs with vicious jest. With nowhere to go and nothing to do, We feel terrible, lonesome, and blue: That DAMNED FENCE is driving us crazy, Destroying our youth and making us lazy. Video Clip Imprisoned here for a long, long time, We know we’re punished – though we’ve committed no crime, Our thoughts are gloomy and enthusiasm damp, To be locked up in a concentration camp. Loyalty we know, and patriotism we feel, To sacrifice our upmost was our ideal, To fight for our country, and die, perhaps; But we’re here because we happen to be Japs. We all love life, and our country best, Our misfortune to be here in the west, To keep us penned behind that DAMNED FENCE, Is someone’s notion of NATIONAL DEFENSE! Discuss the document : • What was life like in the camps? • Why were these camps created? • Was this an appropriate action for the U.S. government to take? Opportunities and Obstacles for Minorities at Home **Japanese Internment** Japanese Executive Order 9066 Internment Camps immigrants and citizens West Coast residents upheld as constitutional paid reparations The End of WW2 3/1 WW2 Conferences Casablanca (Jan. 1943): Tehran (winter 1943): Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin Agreed to open Western and Eastern front against Germany Yalta (Feb. 1945): Churchill and Roosevelt Increase pressure on Japan; demand unconditional surrender Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin occupation zones free and fair elections Soviet entry on Pacific front Potsdam (July 1945): How and by whom should war time decisions be made? What should be the primary concerns when making wartime decisions? Churchill, Truman, Stalin Russia agreed to enter against Japan; must accept unconditional surrender or face prompt and utter destruction It’s 1939, and President Roosevelt has received a letter from Albert Einstein alerting the U.S. that Germany might be building an atomic bomb (although some scientists say such a feat is impossible) and detailing the significant destruction such a weapon could cause. Would you advise the president to begin a U.S. program dedicated to the development of an atomic bomb? Unit 5 Debate Question: The United States’ decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan was a “necessary evil”? i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Initial Vote Opening statements (follow-up vote) Direct questions Audience questions Closing statements Final Vote and debrief 1 – to vote yes 2 – to vote no Little Boy and Fat Man Hiroshima Nagasaki • Approximately 180,000 died in each city (immediately or in the following months) • Approximately 90% of each city suffered some degree of structural damage U.S. Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) under the guidance of General Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. set out to demilitarize and democratize Japan Lots of financial aid Political Changes: wrote a new constitution Institution of democracy – the emperor remains a ceremonial figure, but all power rests with the people Extended equal rights to women and protected additional civil liberties (e.g. free speech) Eliminated the military (later allowed to have a self-defense force); Japan may never go to war again (“peace clause”) Economic Changes: Redistributed land to small farmers Encouraged union organization Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from A. B. C. D. E. women immigrants and big-city residents westerners and southerners businesspeople and labor leaders evangelical Protestants All of the following are true of Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, EXCEPT he A. B. C. D. E. promoted the resettlement of American blacks in Africa advocated the idea of developing an elite “talented tenth” to lead African-American progress inspired strong feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks was convicted of mail fraud and deported by the U.S. government sponsored black-owned business enterprises During the 1920s, the Supreme Court A. B. C. D. E. often ruled against progressive legislation rigorously upheld the antitrust laws generally promoted government regulation of the economy staunchly defended the rights of organized labor upheld laws providing special protection for women America’s major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan, which A. B. C. D. E. ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the Caribbean established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States, Britain, and Japan condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria aimed to prevent Germany re-armament provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and warreparations payments The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established to A. B. C. D. E. provide money for construction of dams on the Tennessee River lend money for federal public works projects provide direct economic assistance to labor make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments outlaw yellow dog (antiunion) contracts The phrase “Hundred Days” refers to A. B. C. D. E. the worst weeks of the Great Depression the time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt’s plans for combating the Great Depression the first weeks of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency the “lame-duck” period between Franklin Roosevelt’s election and his inauguration the last ditch effort of Hoover to drive through conservative legislation before leaving office Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained national popularity by A. B. C. D. E. advocating social justice for all blaming Jews for the Depression supporting a $200/month old-age pension running on the Democratic ticket with Franklin Roosevelt promising to give every family $5000 As a result of the 1937 “Roosevelt recession,” A. B. C. D. E. Roosevelt backed away from further economic experiments Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics Social Security taxes were reduced Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938 much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional Japan believed that it was forced into war with the United States because Franklin Roosevelt insisted that Japan a. withdraw from the Dutch East Indians b. leave China c. renew its trade with America d. break its treaty of nonaggression with Germany e. remove the Emperor from power In the Munich Conference a. Hitler agrees to form an alliance with Italy and Japan b. the Big Three agreed to demand unconditional surrender from the Germans and the Japanese c. The United States promised Germany that it would remain neutral in the war d. the Nazis worked out the details of the Final Solution e. Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s territorial demands The provision of the Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941 included a. self-determination for oppressed peoples and a new international peacekeeping organization b. a permanent alliance between Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union c. a pledge to rid the world of dictators and to establish democratic governments in Germany and Italy d. an agreement to oppose Soviet communism, but only after Hitler was defeated e. plans for dividing territories won during World War II During World War II A. B. C. D. E. labor unions declared a self-imposed moratorium on strikes farm production declined for security reasons, the bracero program with Mexico was temporarily halted production of consumer goods doubled labor unions substantially increased their membership Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through A. B. C. D. E. tariff collections borrowing raising income taxes voluntary contributions corporate profits The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of A. B. C. D. E. Leyte Gulf the Java Sea the Coral Sea Iwo Jima Midway …To End Should the United States’ use of atomic bombs be considered crimes against humanity?