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It was on Saipan that the United States military got a strong sense of the fate awaiting Japanese civilians after an invasion of their homeland. On this island, US forces looked on as the Japanese killed themselves and their children, rather than surrender.

What is de facto segregation and why is it so difficult to combat?    Where was de facto segregation typically located in the Civil Rights era?

It was at the Wannsee Conference of January, 1942, that Hitler ordered top Nazi officials to find a “final solution” to what he called the “Jewish Problem” in Europe.  The conference recommended creating killing centers.

According to the lectures, what event in the 1980s is credited with helping to end the Cold War by alerting leaders in the Soviet Union that a nuclear war was unwinnable?

Most people are aware that Nazi Germany murdered its own people.  But how soon after Hitler took over did the Nazis begin killing?   Who were the first victims?

The first hydrogen bomb exploded in 1952 and was codenamed Ivy Mike. 

The United States was certainly effective in World War II, and this had lead at least one popular author to label the war period as one of the “greatest” in US history, manned by the “greatest generation.”  One should be careful using labels in history.   What things about the wartime United States do statements like these overlook?   

Speeches have at times played major roles in American history. Significant speeches from this class (and their proper dates) include Henry Grady’s “New South” oration (1886), William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech (1896), Franklin Roosevelt’s First Inaugural (1933), and Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” address (1963).

In recent history, surprise attacks have twice provoked the United States into war. The first happened when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and drove the United States into World War II. The second occurred September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the American homeland and drove the United States into the War on Terror.

What event brought the United States into World War II?