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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/unearthed-eyewitness-reports-of-hitlers-final-days/?jwsource=cl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJBLlBvI3bw   On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin,  Adolf Hitler  commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Since at least 1943, it was becoming increasingly clear that Germany would fold under the pressure of the Allied forces. In February of that year, the German 6th Army, lured deep into the  Soviet Union , was annihilated at the  Battle of Stalingrad , and German hopes for a sustained offensive on both fronts evaporated. Then, in June 1944, the Western Allied armies landed at Normandy, France, and began systematically to push the Germans back toward Berlin. By July 1944, several German military command...

The United States was the world’s strongest military power. Its economy was booming, and the fruits of this prosperity–new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods–were available to more people than ever before. However, the 1950s were also an era of great conflict. For example, the nascent civil rights movement and the crusade against communism at home and abroad exposed the underlying divisions in American society. 1. What does post war mean ? after the war 2.  What does prosperity mean? doing good 3. Name three causes and effects that happened during the post war boom Cause 1: people have better paying jobs Cause 2 : pent up demand indusrty takes off Cause 3:  federal programs and regional expansion lead to housing boom Effect 1: they can buy more stuff Effect 2: people moved to sunbelt cities Effect 3: suburbs expand 

Moving to the Suburbs  The baby boom and the suburban boom went hand in hand. Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt (whose “Levittowns” in  New York ,  New Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  would become the most famous symbols of suburban life in the 1950s) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. The  G.I. Bill  subsidized low-cost mortgages for returning soldiers, which meant that it was often cheaper to buy one of these suburban houses than it was to rent an apartment in the city. 1. In what states did some suburbs become the most popular?  New york New jersey , and Pennsylvania 2. What was the G.I bill ? It was a bill that payed for soliders houses 3. How did it help soldiers afford a new suburban home? the houses were cheaper to buy 4. Find a picture of a Levittown ? These houses were perfect for young f...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3s3lZWbWM Watch the video up to 5 minutes and answer the questions 1. Where is Block High School located? Jonesville Louisiana 2. What does to desegregation mean? everybody is coming together 3. What is the more affluent ($ richer $) school in the same district called? Harrisonburg high school 4.  What are some noticeable differences between the rich and poor high school ? the rich school was stable outside and the floors and walls are better then block high school 5. Why does  Superintendent Dr. Gwile Freeman think that there is not a racial problem with the poor school ? They need to raise taxs because the schools are broke  6.  What does Tamiko Bloodsaw show about how Block high school is funded compared to the rich high school?  they are not handing out equal money 

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka  was a landmark 1954 Supreme  Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation  of children in public schools was unconstitutional.  Brown v. Board of  Education  was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and  helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and  other services were not, in fact, equal at all. In the case that would become most famous, a plaintiff named Oliver Brown  filed a class-action suit against the Board of Education of Topeka,  Kansas ,  in 1951, after his daughter,  Linda Brown , was denied entrance to Topeka’s  all-white elementary schools. 1. What did the court case Brown V. Board say was wrong? racial segregation  of children in public schools was unconstitutional 2. What does unconstitutional mean?  against the law  3. Who was Brown in Brown vs. Board ? Brown beat the case 4. Is i...