Unit 8: WWII & Early Cold War
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Primary Sourcehttp://www.deweydefeatstruman.com/Deweybio.htm
This primary source is a biography on Thomas Dewey, governor of New York and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Presidential elections. As a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party he fought the conservative faction led by Senator Robert A. Taft, and played a major role in nominating Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency in 1952. He represented the Northeastern business and professional community that accepted most of the New Deal after 1944. This source is significant because it goes into depth on Dewey's political career without any bias. It also gives background information on his early life, before he was a politician. Emily V |
Primary SourceThis primary source talks about the attack of Pearl Harbor and the events after it that eventually led to the US involvement into WWII.It talks about American victory in the Battle of Midway. They describe the attack the USS Arizona and from there goes further into detail about the day that made the US go into war.
The significance of the source in that it provided the events that were happening during the attack of Pearl Harbor and showed how it was an important aspect in our American history. Cathy Le |
Primary SourceChocolate is Fighting Food!
This ad shows that even during the war, companies were still able to take advantage of it a promote their products. It shows a soldier eating a Nestle chocolate bar with the title, "Chocolate is Fighting Food," implying that chocolate is the desired food for fighting on the front lines. While this probably didn't leave a lasting impression on the battlefield, many citizens bought into the idea that they were eating the same food and getting the same "nutrients" as the soldiers fighting for them. The significance of this ad is that it signifies the explosion of military advertising that used the military to promote their products. It begins the trend in advertising were there is no logical facts involved to influence the public's opinion, but only an appeal to emotion. It does have a chart that shows the calories of various foods, but that's all it shows, the calories. It makes an attempt at faux-logic, trying to fool the public by only showing its superior amount of calories, even though everything else about it is exceedingly unhealthy. Sean Gibson |
Primary Sourcehttp://www.doug-long.com/hst.htm
This primary source document is a collection of President Truman's diary during the planning of the Manhattan Project. In several entries Truman discusses the difficulties in deciding whether he should go through with the bombing or not. He makes several notes of how he talked with Stalin and Churchill and says that he simply wants peace and he is quite sure if Manhattan will bring the peace that he is dreaming about. This document holds a great deal of significance because it shows how so many innocent lives could have been spared simply by one person changing his mind. Truman held a great deal of responsibility in deciding if Japan deserved this bombing, in the end he believed he was doing the right thing by bombing in order to bring back peace and end WWII. However these diary entries demonstrate the controversy over whether peace could have been achieved through more human methods. Tyler Fernandez |