(MC)The United States leads the world in energy consumption. Which effect of energy use is the source of the greatest disagreement among American politicians?

(HC)The quote below was taken from a speech given on August 29, 1945, to engineers on the Manhattan Project by the military commander in charge of the project: “The only thing that we have to think about is that the war is over and that a great many of Americans are going to be safe and in good hands who wouldn’t have been if it hadn’t been for the Manhattan District ” –General Leslie Grove Why would Grove have told the engineers “the only thing we have to think about is that the war is over”?

(LC)Which of these were brought up for trial in Nuremberg after World War II?

(MC)Why was Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade brought to an end by his hearings about communists in the U.S. Army?

(MC) How did the outbreak of World War II affect German Americans?

(MC)How did World War II contribute to the outbreak of the Korean War?

(HC)The text below is from the charter of the United Nations: WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDSto practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.Source: http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/preamble.shtml What was the primary reason for the writing of this document?

(HC)The quote below was written in 1945: “The bombs in question … which massacred old people, women and children, destroying and burning down Shinto and Buddhist temples…constitutes a new crime against humanity and civilization.” What was the cause of the beliefs expressed in the quote?

(MC)What was one similarity between the antiwar movement and the Red Power movement?

(HC)Why did the passing of atomic secrets to the Soviet Union by the Rosenbergs represent a significant threat to the United States?