https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5 Made with panache en-us 2019-02-15 17:09:48 UTC 2019-02-27 18:20:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331826001 This link will define fascism. ]]> 2019-02-15 17:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331826001 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331846596 Japanese takes over Manchuria. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331846596 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331850791 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331850791 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331852282 This link will tell you about the Foreign Policy. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331852282 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331854073 This link will tell you about the London Economic Conference of 1933. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331854073 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331856018 Roosevelt declared the "Good Neighbor Policy" to foster better relations with the nations to the south. This link will provide information on that policy. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331856018 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331859836 This link will tell you about the Plea for International Support. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331859836 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331860823  "Guernica," the slaughter of over 1,600 Spanish civilians by fascist forces. This link will tell you about this. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331860823 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331861548 this link will tell you about the neutrality act of 1936. ]]> 2019-02-15 18:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/331861548 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332806897 This link will tell you about the incident on Marco Polo Bridge]]> 2019-02-19 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332806897 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332808002 this link will tell you about the Munich Pact of 1938]]> 2019-02-19 17:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332808002 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332809609 this shows the fierce land-grabbing that took place in the Fall of 1938. ]]> 2019-02-19 17:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332809609 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332832139 This link will tell you about the Arms Embargo. ]]> 2019-02-19 17:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332832139 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332832866 this link will tell you about the neutrality act of 1939 it ended the arms embargo and permitted the sales of munitions on a "cash and carry" basis.]]> 2019-02-19 18:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332832866 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332833845 this link will tell you about the Atlantic Charter, it was a statement that outlined Anglo-American war aims. ]]> 2019-02-19 18:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332833845 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332834999 This link will tell you about the USS Arizona. It was pounded by Japanese bombers as it rested at anchor at Pearl Harbor. ]]> 2019-02-19 18:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332834999 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332838511 this link will take you to who Chiang Kai-shek, who was the nominal leader of the Chinese forces resisting Japanese takeover.]]> 2019-02-19 18:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332838511 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332841582 this link will tell you about the battle of pearl harbor, specifically in this article almost 3,000 Americans were killed. Six battleships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, and most of the ground planes were ravaged as well.]]> 2019-02-19 18:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/332841582 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333276296 this link will tell you about island hopping which is what the U.S did]]> 2019-02-20 17:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333276296 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333278445 Shortly after America's entry into World War II, the patriotic song "Remember Pearl Harbor" hit the airwaves, urging America to "go on to victory."]]> 2019-02-20 17:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333278445 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333279470 After all the blood and sacrifice, the Axis powers were defeated, but the GRAND ALLIANCE that emerged victorious did not last long. ]]> 2019-02-20 17:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333279470 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333281014 The winter of 1942 saw Russia defending Stalingrad from German capture. These German tanks aided in the battle, which ultimately left the city in ruins.]]> 2019-02-20 17:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333281014 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333281751 he vast military knowledge of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — known as "The Desert Fox" — was not enough to keep British and American forces from driving German troops from North Africa in late 1942.]]> 2019-02-20 17:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333281751 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333283257 The first American air attack on European enemies came in August 1942.]]> 2019-02-20 17:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333283257 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333284718 "Rosie the Riveter" served as both a symbol of women's contributions to the war effort as well as a call to others to join.]]> 2019-02-20 17:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333284718 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333285309 Posters like this encouraged Americans to conserve energy and resources by producing their own food.]]> 2019-02-20 17:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333285309 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333286090 Crooners like Bing Crosby kept America smiling during the war with hits like "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off to Yokohama."]]> 2019-02-20 17:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333286090 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333303012 Hitler's refusal to surrender to the Allies led to "Operation Overlord" on June 6, 1944. British, Canadian, and American forces managed to take key points on the coast of Nazi-occupied France, signaling a beginning to the end of war in Europe.]]> 2019-02-20 17:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333303012 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333303442 Hitler, at the BATTLE OF THE BULGE, launched a final unsuccessful counteroffensive in December 1944]]> 2019-02-20 17:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333303442 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333304239 following the defeat of the Nazi regime, the full extent of the Holocaust was at last revealed. These survivors of the Ebensee concentration camp were among the 250,000 liberated by Allied troops. Approximately 12,000,000 individuals were killed between 1933-45.]]> 2019-02-20 17:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333304239 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333305464 this sculpture depicts the raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima and is dedicated to all Marines who have given their life in defense of the United States.]]> 2019-02-20 18:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333305464 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333306403 The map inset depicts the movements of both the Japanese and Allied forces during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.]]> 2019-02-20 18:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333306403 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333306718 Gen. Douglas MacArthur was forced to surrender the Philippines, but made his famous promise of "I shall return." Three years later, he made good on his promise to liberate the islands]]> 2019-02-20 18:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333306718 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333310220 this increased because of a large Japanese presence on the West Coast. ]]> 2019-02-20 18:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333310220 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333311420 After being forced from their communities, Japanese families made these military style barracks their homes.]]> 2019-02-20 18:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333311420 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333311828 Most of the ten relocation camps were built in arid and semi-arid areas where life would have been harsh under even ideal conditions]]> 2019-02-20 18:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333311828 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333312964 the first atomic bomb — a weapon that atomic scientists had nicknamed "Gadget." The nuclear age began on July 16, 1945, when it was detonated in the New Mexico desert.]]> 2019-02-20 18:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333312964 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333314135 Los Alamos atomic scientists conducted a pre-test test in May 1945 to check the monitoring instruments. A 100-ton bomb was exploded some 800 yards from the Trinity site where Gadget would be detonated a few weeks later.]]> 2019-02-20 18:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333314135 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333314792 Enrico Fermi, a physicist who left fascist Italy for America, encouraged the U.S. to begin atomic research. The result was the top-secret "Manhattan Project."]]> 2019-02-20 18:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/333314792 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336007790 Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Josef Stalin meet at the Potsdam Conference. They discussed the post-war order and peace treaty issues.]]> 2019-02-27 17:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336007790 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336008675 A "mushroom" cloud rises over the city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, following the detonation of "Fat Man." The second atomic weapon used against Japan, this single bomb resulted in the deaths of 80,000 Japanese citizens.]]> 2019-02-27 17:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336008675 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336009495 On August 6, the city of Hiroshima, Japan remembers those who lost their lives when the atomic bomb fell. Thousands attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony annually.]]> 2019-02-27 17:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336009495 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336010205 When he became President upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945, few believed in Harry Truman's ability to govern. But it was Truman's common sense approach that helped the U.S. end World War II and move on to tackle postwar challenges.]]> 2019-02-27 17:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336010205 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336010632 The euphoria that swept the nation in 1945 was captured on film by Lifemagazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. This memorable image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square continues to be a defining image of WWII.]]> 2019-02-27 17:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336010632 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011019 The American military prepared for the Cold War by conducting tests with new atomic and nuclear technology. Here, troops watch radioactive smoke during the "Desert Rock" exercise in 1951.]]> 2019-02-27 17:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011019 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011502 Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt, and Premier Stalin meet at Yalta to discuss post-war Europe. It was at both the Yalta and Dumbarton Oaks conferences that the framework for the United Nations was devised]]> 2019-02-27 17:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011502 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011807 Winston Churchill's 1946 speech to Westminster University in Missouri contained the first reference to the communism of Eastern Europe as an "iron curtain."

]]> 2019-02-27 17:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336011807 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336012305 This map depicts the situation in Europe around the time of V-E Day. Soviet troops (in red) were able to secure Eastern Europe, while the other Allies worked to win the West. | ]]> 2019-02-27 17:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336012305 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336013479 Eleanor Roosevelt became head of the UN's Commission on Human Rights in 1946. Here she holds a copy of the "Declaration of Human Rights," which she considered to be her greatest achievement.

]]> 2019-02-27 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336013479 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336014514 2019-02-27 17:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336014514 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336014987 World leaders met at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., in August 1944 to formulate plans for a new organization to promote international cooperation. The general principles established there provided the foundation for the United Nations charter. ]]> 2019-02-27 17:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336014987 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336017464 This illustration from the July 16, 1948, U.S. News magazine shows the beginnings of American containment policy. The U.S. is seen sending troops, advisors and weapons to Turkey in hopes that the country will resist communism and remain democratic.]]> 2019-02-27 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336017464 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336018418 When Harry Truman approved the Marshall Plan in 1948, his official statement said, "Few presidents have had the opportunity to sign legislation of such importance."]]> 2019-02-27 17:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336018418 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336018883 In a speech to Harvard University in 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed that a post-war European aid program be initiated. Less than a year later, the Marshall Plan was a reality.]]> 2019-02-27 17:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336018883 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336019249 Many gather to watch a C-54 loaded with supplies land at Tempelhof airfield in the U.S. sector of Berlin. Over the 11 month course of the Airlift, nearly 4000 tons of goods were delivered every day.]]> 2019-02-27 17:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336019249 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336020200 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrated an important milestone in 1999. For over 50 years now, NATO has existed as a symbol of the solidarity of Western nations.]]> 2019-02-27 17:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336020200 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336020653 Flying from occupied Germany and landing a supply plane in Berlin at the rate of one every 3 minutes, the Berlin Airlift managed to supply the city with the materials needed for survival.]]> 2019-02-27 17:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336020653 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336024742 The television show "M*A*S*H" aired from 1972-83 and used a Korean War innovation — the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital — as its setting. The shows characters, like Dr. "Hawkeye" Pierce, often addressed the tough issues of war through their interactions.]]> 2019-02-27 17:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336024742 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336025151 North Korean tanks cross the 38th Parallel, marking the opening salvo of the Korean War.

]]> 2019-02-27 17:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336025151 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336025480 The USS Missouri fires on Chongjin, North Korea, in October 1950. The mission of this particular engagement was to disable enemy communications systems.]]> 2019-02-27 17:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336025480 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336026112 The 1948 Presidential election pitted Democrat Harry Truman against Republican Thomas Dewey. The Chicago Daily Tribune was so confident Truman was headed for defeat that they printed this headline before all of the votes had been counted.]]> 2019-02-27 17:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336026112 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336050561 Harry Truman was elected in 1948, a feat that few political experts had thought possible. To bolster his chances, Truman took to the rails and ran a "whistle-stop" campaign, speaking in over 200 towns in the weeks leading up to the election.]]> 2019-02-27 18:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336050561 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336051134 Harry Truman kept this sign on his desk to make it known that he would not be "passing the buck" on to anyone else.]]> 2019-02-27 18:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336051134 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336052483 2019-02-27 18:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336052483 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336053367 Fears that children would be corrupted by the "communist" practices depicted in Robin Hood led many schools and libraries to ban the classic tale about taking from the rich to give to the poor.]]> 2019-02-27 18:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336053367 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336054091 Senator Joseph McCarthy sent this telegram to President Truman two days after claiming that he had identified "205 card-carrying" members of the Communist party working in the U.S. State Department. ]]> 2019-02-27 18:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336054091 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336056484 It didn't start airing until 1974, but the television show Happy Daysportrayed the carefree '50s through the antics of characters named Potsie, Chachi, and Fonzie (above).]]> 2019-02-27 18:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336056484 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336056830 The actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy tarnished the relaxed attitude of the 1950s. His hunt for communists working in the U.S. showcased the paranoia and fear that gripped America.]]> 2019-02-27 18:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336056830 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336057395 Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower's campaign slogan "I Like Ike" epitomized the swell spirit that defined American culture in the 1950s.]]> 2019-02-27 18:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336057395 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336058178 Convenience and color were two hallmarks of the 1950s kitchen. Pink refrigerators and new pre-sweetened cereals such as Sugar Pops were introduced to America early in the decade.]]> 2019-02-27 18:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336058178 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336058807 William Levitt offered five different versions of each type of home, but all had the same floor plan.]]> 2019-02-27 18:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336058807 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336059084 William Levitt revolutionized the way Americans live and ushered in an age of suburbia by providing inexpensive housing outside the city.]]> 2019-02-27 18:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336059084 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060090 2019-02-27 18:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060090 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060608 2019-02-27 18:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060608 s738972 https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060922 The Lone Ranger was one of the earliest TV Westerns, making the jump from radio in 1941. The Lone Ranger and other Westerns geared toward children aired on Saturday mornings. Adult Westerns, such as Gunsmoke and Wyatt Earp aired during prime-time.]]> 2019-02-27 18:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s738972/x3t2a75tpqe5/wish/336060922