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AP 24.1092 How long does it take to count to a MILLION?
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AP 24.1091 Mass Atrocities – Rwandan Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 2678
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AP 24.1088 Mass Atrocities – Cambodian Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 2678
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AP 24.1085 Mass Atrocities – Bosnian Genocide
Political, Ethnic, and Religious Conflict in the Baltic Region
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1084 Geography – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1083 Mass Atrocities – The Holodomor (Terror-Famine in the Ukraine)
Holodomor: The planned starvation of millions of Ukrainians
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1082 Mass Atrocities – Hear the Voices of Auschwitz
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1081 Mass Atrocities – The Holocaust
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1080 Mass Atrocities – Nanking Massacre
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
CAVEAT: Be advised of the adult content due to the graphic nature and historical documentation of the Nanking Massacre. Be sure to cover this section in the chapter readings and compare to other genocides previously covered.
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AP 24.1079 Mass Atrocities – China vs Japan (Then and Today)
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1078 WWII – Mass Atrocities (Fire Bombings)
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1077 Mass Atrocities – Armenian Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1076 Geography – Armenia and Spread of Christianity
Today, around 95% of Armenians are Christian, and the country’s pious history can be traced back through some of its ancient sites and monuments. (Credit: Rodolfo Contreras) Continue reading Post ID 2678
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AP 24.1075 Mass Atrocities – Herero and Namaqua genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 2678
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AP 24.1074 What is Genocide?
gen·o·cide (noun)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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AP 24.1067 WWII – ‘No Regrets’ About Bombing Hiroshima
Last Surviving Crew Member Has ‘No Regrets’ About Bombing Hiroshima
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/06/636008863/last-surviving-crew-member-has-no-regrets-about-bombing-hiroshima
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AP 24.1065 WWII – USA warns Japan of the Atomic Bomb!
For several months, the US had dropped more than 63 million leaflets across Japan, warning civilians of air raids. Many Japanese cities suffered terrible damage from aerial bombings, some even 97% destruction. In general, the Japanese regarded the leaflet messages as truthful, however, anyone who was caught in possession of a leaflet was arrested by the Japanese government.
Leaflet dropped on Hiroshima before the atomic bomb, showing the names of 12 Japanese cities targeted for destruction by firebombing. Hiroshima was not listed. The other side contained text saying “we cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked…”
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AP 24.1063 WWII – The Atomic Bombs: 1945
ONLY 2 BOMBS DROPPED
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES AND LOSSES
90,000–166,000 killed in Hiroshima
60,000–80,000 killed in Nagasaki
Total: 150,000–246,000+ killed Continue reading Post ID 2678
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AP 24.1062 Freeman-pedia: Dozendates Review 1945
You DO NOT have to know any dates for AP World Modern. BUT, Ben Freeman would argue knowing certain major events can give you an idea of the major themes and flow of the course.
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AP 24.1058 WWII – Japanese American Internment Camps
Japanese Internment in AmericaIn 1942, thousands of Japanese Americans living in the United States are forced into war relocation camps.
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AP 24.1057 WWII – Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March, forced march of 90,000 to 100,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in the early stages of World War II.
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AP 24.1054 WWII – Nuremberg Trial and Executions
On October 1, 1946, the verdicts of two top Nazi war criminals tried at Nuremberg, Hermann Wilhelm Goering and Rudolf Hess, are announced.
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AP 24.1049 WWII – Colonial Troops…
… Saving Their Masters – WW2 Special
Without the incredible support and sacrifice of troops from British and French colonies, the Allies would be having an even harder time withstanding the Axis onslaught. This episode looks at their formation and their fighting style.
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AP 24.1048 WWII – Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the south-western Soviet Union.
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AP 24.1046 WWII – The Nazis and Nuclear Weapons
Suspiciously high radiation levels around the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen had long fueled theories that there was a buried bunker nearby where Nazis had tested nuclear weapons during WWII.
How close was Hitler to launching a nuclear attack against the Allies in World War II? Continue reading Post ID 2678
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