Notes compiled from several resources compiled during my A Levels- helped my to gain an A*
Includes:
The United States in 1945 and the legacies of the world war: the powers of the presidency; the main political parties; post-war prosperity; regional, ethnic and social divisions
The USA as a Supe...
• Each state. First past the post – all votes go to the winning majority
• Votes on behalf of the people
Powerful:
• Sack anyone he wants (40 sacked) within reason
• Public relation
• Last to call a war
• Voice of the people
• Head of the army
• Influential – including Celebs
• Can veto congress
• Can appoint the government
• Appoint supreme court judges – 9 judges
Not Powerful:
• Can be impeached
• Can be overridden
• Only serves 2 terms
• Has to listen to legislation
• Can’t break laws but can delay them
• Laws through congress
,Us Revolution – George lll was seen as a tyrant
Preamble: prefect union
Legislative powers have the powers
20 amendments to the constitution
Midterm elections for the house of representatives
Senate is voted 1/3 at a time
,The American Dream: Reality and Illusion 1945-1980
• Perfection
• Land of opportunity – Workers could make a fortune – immigration control makes it
harder
• Fertile land: Set up farms, manifest destiny moving west
• Was not a dream for the Native Americans
• Standard of living higher – the gap closed.
• Rich and poor gap
• Land of the free compared to slavery in the south
Situation in 1945:
• 60% Americans for fireside chats by Roosevelt on the radio
• Locked up 100,000 Japanese Americans
Source Good War?
8.42 • War ended the depression
• Removed doubts about the capitalist economy
• Thriving industrial economy which led to prosperity and growth
• National products went up to $75 billion
• 15 million jobs created
• Industrial production increased by 200%
8.43 • End of war – USA had half the world's manufacturing capacity and generated
half of electricity. 2/3 of the Worlds gold stocks
• Largest merchant fleets
• Only nation with an atomic bomb
, • ‘Four Freedom’ of 1941
• Industrialists and politicians could see other gains to war
• USA had the least deaths to combat and the least civilian deaths
8.44 • Gross national products increased by 200 billion dollars from 1940-45
• Wages increased by 65 billion dollars
• Female unemployment's increased by 5 million
• Military increased by 12 million
• Federal Civilian employment increased by 2.5 million
• However, although jobs increased, national debts increased by 220 million
which is bad for the economy.
8.45 • Weren’t as patriotic in others wars like Korea and Vietnam
• War doesn’t bring peace, and in order for there to be peace there needs to be
peace
8.46 • Military forced used anywhere in the world
• Effected the mental states of people in the world war
• War murders people and it only attempts to make peace
8.47 • Focus on the destruction of the Jews and the suffering in concentration camps
• 1971- Dachau – a concentration camp in Germany
• Reveals the horrors of living through war and the idea and the lies of the
propaganda used to get people to go to war which would inevitably involve in
death
8.48 • Suggests the propaganda and deceit through joining the army, however the
source suggests the fun and adventures of war, and doesn’t necessarily focus
of the deaths and the prisoner they’re capturing
Alle Vorteile der Zusammenfassungen von Stuvia auf einen Blick:
Garantiert gute Qualität durch Reviews
Stuvia Verkäufer haben mehr als 700.000 Zusammenfassungen beurteilt. Deshalb weißt du dass du das beste Dokument kaufst.
Schnell und einfach kaufen
Man bezahlt schnell und einfach mit iDeal, Kreditkarte oder Stuvia-Kredit für die Zusammenfassungen. Man braucht keine Mitgliedschaft.
Konzentration auf den Kern der Sache
Deine Mitstudenten schreiben die Zusammenfassungen. Deshalb enthalten die Zusammenfassungen immer aktuelle, zuverlässige und up-to-date Informationen. Damit kommst du schnell zum Kern der Sache.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
Was bekomme ich, wenn ich dieses Dokument kaufe?
Du erhältst eine PDF-Datei, die sofort nach dem Kauf verfügbar ist. Das gekaufte Dokument ist jederzeit, überall und unbegrenzt über dein Profil zugänglich.
Zufriedenheitsgarantie: Wie funktioniert das?
Unsere Zufriedenheitsgarantie sorgt dafür, dass du immer eine Lernunterlage findest, die zu dir passt. Du füllst ein Formular aus und unser Kundendienstteam kümmert sich um den Rest.
Wem kaufe ich diese Zusammenfassung ab?
Stuvia ist ein Marktplatz, du kaufst dieses Dokument also nicht von uns, sondern vom Verkäufer Annabel21. Stuvia erleichtert die Zahlung an den Verkäufer.
Werde ich an ein Abonnement gebunden sein?
Nein, du kaufst diese Zusammenfassung nur für 4,94 €. Du bist nach deinem Kauf an nichts gebunden.
