6.01 Post World War 2

• What was the Cold War


  A war between the United States and Soviet Union after WW2
• What did the Soviet Union want from the United States?

  nuclear power
• What was the conflict between the US and the Soviet Union?

  Different ideas about government
• What government did the Soviet Union want?

  Communist
• What is a communist government?

  A government that controls everything so there is no private ownership.
• Why are communist governments seen as bad?

  political repression, restrictions of human rights, poor economic performance
• When was the United Nations Created?

  1945
• Why was the United Nations Created?

  to ensure international peace
• What were the Nuremberg Trials?

  Post-World War 2 trials of Nazi leaders and war criminals
• When did the US government detonate the nuclear bomb "Seminole" on the Enewetak Atoll in the Specific Ocean, and what operation was it apart of?

  Operation Redwing, June 1956
• Who was charged during the Nuremberg Trials?

  Military officers, government officials, party leaders, medical professionals, and industrialists 
• Who is Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal?

  a survivor of Nazi death camps
• What did Simon Wiesenthal do?

  Investigated Adolf Eichmann: responsible for the deportations of millions of Jews.
• What did the  International Military Tribunal do?

   prosecuted 22 Nazi defendants, sent 12 to death, three received life sentences, four received 10-20 years
• How many Nazi's escaped to South America?

  9,000
• What was determined after the Nuremberg Trials?

  I was just following orders could no longer be used as an excuse in war
• Who was tried in the Pacific theater at the Tokyo Trials?

  Japanese Leaders
• How many defendants did the German court try?

  more than 900
• What international organization did the United States help establish to prosecute war criminals after World War II?

  The International Military Tribunal
• What was the International Military Tribunal?

  Nuremberg Trials
• What was the Dumbarton Oaks Conference?

  Conference on creating the United Nations in 1944
• What can the United Nations do that the League of Nations couldn't?

  Independent military action
• What happened in 1945?

  50 representatives met in San Fransisco, California to form the UN
• Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?

  African American educator and social reformer, a part of Franklin Roosevelt's Black Cabinet, and appointed by Truman as an advisor on interracial relations.
• When was the Commission on Human Rights formed?

  1948
• Which important female helped form the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

  First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
• What were the main ideas for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted from?

  The 1941 State of the Union Four Freedoms address given by Franklin Roosevelt
• What were the four freedoms?

  Freedom of speech, assembly, fear, and want
• What is article one of the UDOHR similar to?

  Declaration of Independence
• What is Article 2 of the UDOHR similar to?

  US Constitution Amendment 14: Citizenship Rights
• What is Article 3 of the UDOHR similar to?

  The Declaration of Independence
• What is Article 4 of the UDEHR similar to?

  US Constitution Amendment 13- Slavery Abolished
• What is article 5 of the UDOHR similar to?

  US Constitution Amendment 8: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• What is Article 7 of UDOHR similar to?

  US Constitution Amendment 14: Citizenship Rights
• What is Article 1 of the UDOHR?

  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• What is Article 2 of the UDOHR?


  Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
• What is Article 3 of the UDOHR?

  Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
• What is Article 4 of the UDOHR?

  No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
• What is Article 5 of the UDOHR?

  No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
• What is Article 7 of the UDOHR?

  All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.