AFTERMATH OF WWII• 20th Century History

• BBS

AFTERMATH OF WWII• Atomic Testing

• “Manhattan Project”

• Cost $2 billion USD which is approximately $20 billion USD today

• Trinity Test Site, NM

AFTERMATH OF WWII

• Japan

• US President Truman agreed to dropping two Atomic Bombs

• Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 1945

• Nearly 120,000 died immediately• USSR

• Roughly 25-35 million dead because of WWII and its effects

• Fear of Germany

• Suspicion of the U.S.

• Gained control over eastern Europe

AFTERMATH OF WWII

• World Economy• International Monetary Fund

• Investment, loans, economic growth

• World Politics• United Nations

• Purpose to maintain worldwide peace

• Security Council

• 51 Original member nations

• Debate, conflict resolution

SIGNIFICANCE OF END OF WWII

• Ended the Great Depression

• New economic opportunities for Women and People of Color

• Defeat of Nazis and crippled Germany

• Destroyed Europe

• U.S. and Soviet Union became worldwide superpowers