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Standard 5.3

5.3 - Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political, and social effects of World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath (i.e., 1930–1950) on the United States and South Carolina.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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Vanishing Generation, Part 9

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Veterans of World War II reflect on whether they should be considered heroes or not. One says he happened to be over there, and he volunteered to go to Hawaii, but they didn't know the war would come...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 4

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Tom Grove, prisoner of war survivor, recalls the Battle of the Bulge, and says that is where he got his first combat injury. He was taken prisoner that day, after a German tank pulled up in front of...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 8

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Tom Grove, prisoner of war survivor, tells the story of being in his second prison camp, and hearing bombing way off in the distance, and how the noise of artillery got louder and closer, along with...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 7

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Tee Senn, cryptologist, speaks of the tank battles, about the reality, not TV, and seeing a tank explode. "...For years...you wake up...it gets to you...it's something that you don't ever want to have...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 5

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Russell Meyne, B-17 pilot, says, "But Pearl Harbor, of course, was one about 4-hour period," and he didn't get hit, didn't get shot..."there was no continuity to it...the beginning and end was right...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 3

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Don Ziglar, U.S.S. Yorktown Quartermaster, recalls Japanese fighter planes coming toward the Yorktown. The captain was out on the wing of the bridge, at the starboard side. The bridge wasn't big...

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Vanishing Generation, Part 2

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World War II occurred during the 1940s when segregation was still the norm in America. The African Americans who fought were in a segregated army even overseas in England. One of the reasons the...

South Carolina's "Dixiecrat" Movement | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina's "Dixiecrat" Movement | History of SC Slide Collection

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Postwar politics in South Carolina were affected by the many changes that the war had brought. Many new citizens flocked to the state, partly because of the many military bases there, and partly...

The Doolittle Raiders | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Doolittle Raiders | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Columbia Army Air Base in Lexington County became the headquarters of Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's famous "Raiders," who trained there for their bombing run over Tokyo. Courtesy of the Thomas Cooper...

Japan's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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Japan's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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The end of the Second World War came with the surrender of Japan on VJ Day, August 14, 1945. South Carolinians celebrated the victory with dancing in the streets of Charleston and with great joy. They...

Hampton Prisoner of War Camp | History of SC Slide Collection

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Hampton Prisoner of War Camp | History of SC Slide Collection

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Several prisoner-of-war camps were established in South Carolina to house captured Germans. This is the street of a camp in Hampton, photographed around 1944. Courtesy of Mildred B. Rivers.

Mt. Vernon Mills Ceremony | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mt. Vernon Mills Ceremony | History of SC Slide Collection

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This Mt. Vernon Mills ceremony,held in Columbia, on October 27, 1943, presents the Army-Navy flag to one of the units in the mill for buying the most E-Bonds. Such ceremonies helped promote the sale...

Civilian Sacrifices on the Home Front | History of SC Slide Collection

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Civilian Sacrifices on the Home Front | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Second World War, like the first, required sacrifice and work at home, as well as the commitment of soldiers fighting abroad. During the war, civilians were called on to conserve almost everything...

Students Pick Cotton to Aid in Labor Shortage | History of SC Slide Collection

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Students Pick Cotton to Aid in Labor Shortage | History of SC Slide Collection

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The enlistment of men into the armed forces caused a labor shortage in industry and agriculture, which were both rapidly expanding production to meet wartime needs. For the first time, many women...

Red Cross Volunteers March in Parade | History of SC Slide Collection

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Red Cross Volunteers March in Parade | History of SC Slide Collection

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Red Cross volunteers march in a parade in Rock Hill in early 1942, urging other citizens to share in "the dirty work" of helping win the war. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.

Parade of Marine Corps Recruits at Parris Island | History of SC Slide Collection

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Parade of Marine Corps Recruits at Parris Island | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Parris Island facilities for training Marines also expanded enormously during WWII. Here, new recruits march on the main parade grounds during a 1943 rainstorm. Courtesy of the United States...

Buildup of Troops at Fort Jackson | History of SC Slide Collection

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Buildup of Troops at Fort Jackson | History of SC Slide Collection

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The buildup of troops at Fort Jackson, even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, was the beginning of the many changes that World War II brought to Columbia, and indeed to all of South Carolina. The...

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SC Veterans in History, Part 7

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In 2009, student filmmaker Morgan Adams created a film about the Doolittle Raiders for the National History Day Competition. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States government asked...

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A Segregated Military | Palmetto Scene

B.S. Plair of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served for the Montford Point Marines in 1945, until he was honorably discharged in 1946. The Montford Point Marines were based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina...

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Overview IV: The Holocaust

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"One day we heard someting that was very disturbing to all of us. We heard for the first time about Auschwitz in Poland. That's where the killing was done. That we would be sent there, and that we...

Overview III: Prewar Nazi Germany | Holocaust

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Overview III: Prewar Nazi Germany | Holocaust

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"I felt like this can't be happening. Why would it be happening? People acted worse than animals, and it was people I knew. What happens to people to bring something like this on?"—Trude Heller...

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Overview II: Hitler's Rise | Holocaust

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In general the art of all great popular leaders at all times consists in not scattering the attention of a people but rather in concentrating it always on one single opponent. —from Mein Kampf by...

Overview I: A Short History of Anti-Semitism | Holocaust

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Overview I: A Short History of Anti-Semitism | Holocaust

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"I think the Holocaust happened because someone said, 'You're different, you don't belong.' " —High School Student "When our children were young, they always used to ask how come people have...

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Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum

Learn key terms from the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism. Acts or feelings against Jews; takes the form of prejudice, dislike, fear, discrimination, and persecution. Aryan. A term used by the Nazis to mean a...