Transcript The Arsenal of Democracy Section 27

American History 6/13/2003
• World War II
• McCarthyism
• Civil Rights movement
World War II
• 1938 German troops marched into Austria to
preserve order.
• Hitler declared Austria reunited with Germany.
• 1939 Neutrality Act in the U.S.
• 1941 Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor
(December 7)
World War II
• 1942 Japan took control of the Philippines
(January)
• 1942 The President Roosevelt approved the
plan to remove Japanese-Americans from
their homes and send them to internment
camps.
• 1942 The Battle of the Coral See – The U.S
Navy defeated Japanese fleet.
World War II
• 1944 D (Deliverance) – Day
• 1945 The end of World War II
Videos
• Pearl Harbor and Atomic Bomb in
Hiroshima – a documentary (13 minutes)
• D-Day – Saving Private Ryan (5 minutes)
McCarthyism
• Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many
people of spies for the Soviet Union without
providing clear evidences.
• Background – communism as a threat to
liberty and capitalism.
• A “witch hunt” = a search for people
McCarthy blamed
Civil Rights movement
• 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka
The U.S. Supreme Court decided that black
students should be allowed to attend the
same schools and universities as white
students, and this officially ended
“segregation.”
• 1957 The President Eisenhower sent troops
to Arkansas to defend the sovereignty of the
federal court. The soldiers’ duty was to
protect black children entering a previously
all white school.
• 1955 Rosa Park refused to vacate a seat for
a white person in the bus, and she was
arrested for violating Montgomery’s
transportation laws.
• Bus boycott organized by Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Video: Ku Klux Klan vs. Civil
Rights Activists (16 Minuets)
• “Bombmingham,” Alabama
• 4 little children