Jeremiah
Mark Twein
March 6- 2012
Period 6
Home learning
Question What was the Cause of the war?
WWII
The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the World War I and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s.The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Russia and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the result of decisions made by the authoritarian ruling Nazi elite in Germany and by the leadership of the Kwantung Army in Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war and/or armed resistance.
Civil War
Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
With Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. At the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor slaves. Though the southern economy became a one crop economy, depending on cotton and therefore on slavery. On the other hand, the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. In fact, the northern industries were purchasing the raw cotton and turning it into finished goods.
Question
How did the war affect the peoples everyday living conditions and economic advancement?
WWII
Affect on people
As in all wars people die. Many sons, husbands, and fathers did not come home from Europe and the Pacific. All branches of the service lost men. America was galvanized into a great engine of war material production, that for the first time included large numbers of women. The "Greatest Generation" as the are
March 6- 2012
Period 6
Home learning
Question What was the Cause of the war?
WWII
The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the World War I and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s.The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Russia and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the result of decisions made by the authoritarian ruling Nazi elite in Germany and by the leadership of the Kwantung Army in Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war and/or armed resistance.
Civil War
Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
With Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. At the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor slaves. Though the southern economy became a one crop economy, depending on cotton and therefore on slavery. On the other hand, the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. In fact, the northern industries were purchasing the raw cotton and turning it into finished goods.
Question
How did the war affect the peoples everyday living conditions and economic advancement?
WWII
Affect on people
As in all wars people die. Many sons, husbands, and fathers did not come home from Europe and the Pacific. All branches of the service lost men. America was galvanized into a great engine of war material production, that for the first time included large numbers of women. The "Greatest Generation" as the are