THE AFTERMATH OF WWII-
World Bank: A bank founded in 1994 by the united states and 43 other nation in
order to provide loans to help countries recover from world war II and develop
their economies
United Nations (UN): an international organization founded in 1945 to future the
causes of peace , prosperity, and human rights
Four Freedoms: essential freedom identified by FDR in a 1941 speech and later
incorporated into the UN cheater: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of
worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a document adopted by the united
nation in 1948 affirming basic human rights, including the right of life, liberty, and
equality before the law, as well as freedom of religion, expression, and assembly
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: a series of trials in 1945 and 1946 in Nuremberg,
Germany, in which an international military tribunal convicted former Nazi
leaders of war crimes
GI Bill of Rights: a law passed in 1994 to provide federal funds to help returning
GIs make the transition to civilian life
Geneva Conventions: a series of international agreements that set rules for
proper conduct toward sick and wounded enemy soldiers and the civilians who
take care of them
International Criminal Court: a permanent international tribunal established in
1998, with the power to try people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity,
war crimes , and the crime of aggression. More than half of the world’s nations,
including the United States, have not joined the ICC
Written Document Analysis Worksheet
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TYPE OF DOCUMENT (Check one):
___ Newspaper
___ Letter
___ Patent
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Memorandum
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___ Map
___ Telegram
___ Press
release
___ Report
___ Advertisement
___ Congressional
record
___ Census report
__X_ Other
UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE DOCUMENT (Check one or more):
___ Interesting letterhead
___ Handwritten
__X_ Typed
___ Seals
___ Notations
___ "RECEIVED" stamp
___ Other
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DATE(S) OF DOCUMENT:
________________1941-1945 _______________
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AUTHOR (OR CREATOR) OF THE DOCUMENT:
_________The history chanel
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POSITION (TITLE):
__________United Nations Charter (1945)
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FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN?
______so people will now what is happening in the world _________
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DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer AE.)
A. List three things the author said that you think are important:
*The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt
to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation
among nations on economic, social and humanitarian problem.
*Its forerunner was the League of nations, an organization conceived
under similar circumstances during the First World War and established
in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international
cooperation and to achieve peace and security."
*The need for an international organization to replace the League of
Nations was first stated officially on October 30, 1943, in the Moscow
Declaration issued by China, Great Britain, the United States, and the
USSR.
B. Why do you think this document was written?
_____I think that this document was written so people will know what is
going on around the world
C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written?
Quote from the document.
The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt to
maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation
among nations on economic, social and humanitarian problem.
D. List two things the document tells you about life in the United States at
the time it was written:
*The Council consists of the five victors from World War II
*he Security Council is the principal UN organ responsible for ensuring
peace, and its decisions are binding on all member states.
E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the
document:
________What was the reason that star world warll _______
Written Document Analysis Worksheet
1
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TYPE OF DOCUMENT (Check one):
___ Newspaper
___ Letter
___ Patent
___
Memorandum
2
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___ Map
___ Telegram
___ Press
release
___ Report
___ Advertisement
___ Congressional
record
___ Census report
__X_ Other
UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE DOCUMENT (Check one or more):
___ Interesting letterhead
___ Handwritten
__X_ Typed
___ Seals
___ Notations
___ "RECEIVED" stamp
___ Other
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DATE(S) OF DOCUMENT:
___________1940- 1941 __________
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AUTHOR (OR CREATOR) OF THE DOCUMENT:
_____History Channel __
POSITION (TITLE):
___President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to
Congress (1941)
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FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN?
___So people will know about the rights they have __________
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DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer AE.)
A. List three things the author said that you think are important:
*Very early in his political career, as state senator and later as Governor
of New York, President Roosevelt was concerned with human rights in
the broadest sense.
*In his Annual Message to Congress of January 6, 1941, he asked the
people to work hard to produce armaments for the democracies of
Europe, to pay higher taxes, and to make other
sacrifices__________________
*As America became engaged in World War II, painter Norman Rockwell
did a Series of paintings illustrating the four freedoms as international
war goals that went beyond just defeating the Axis powers.
B. Why do you think this document was written?
_I think that this document was written so people will know about that
we have in today’s days
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C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written?
Quote from the document.
. After the war, the four freedoms appeared again imbedded in the
Charter of the United Nations.
D. List two things the document tells you about life in the United States at
the time it was written:
*Very early in his political career, as state senator and later as Governor
of New York, President Roosevelt was concerned with human rights in
the broadest sense__
E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the
document:
__Why was this document written