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       This is an Engineers Compass that was utilized during WWII. Used in 1945 by the US Army Corps. This compass were important to keep next to your side. The compasses helped them get to where they wanted to go. Many times soldiers would get lost without a compass, so it was hard to tell where one was going. Soldiers saw this compass as a very useful item to carry in a pouch. They also took a lot of care of this item. If the Army Corps wouldn't have this compass, they wouldn't know where they would be headed. Items like this compass have been passed down to many generations of children as a gift and collectible.

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Casablanca Outline

I. Setting
         A. Casablanca, Morocco
                     1. WWII, 1940's
II. Introduction
         A. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 
                           1. Owner of "Rick's Café Américain" 
                           2. Main Character
                           3. Very cynical man 
         B. Two German courriers murdered
                           1. Rick wants to go back to America 
                           2. German leaders want Lazlo to stay in Casablanca 
                           3. The Germans want murderer who killed the courriers dead        
         C. Ugarte (Peter Lorre)
                            1. Criminal who arrives at Rick's Café with "letters of transit"
                                          a. Rick hides them in the piano of his cafe
                           2. Plans to sell to highest bidder
                           3. Gets arrested before exchange 
                           4. Dies in custody of the police
                           5. Entrusts the letters to Rick
         D. Isla Lund (Ingrid Bergman)
                           1. Rick's ex-lover
                           2. Married to Victor Lazlo
         E. Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid)
                           1. Resistance Leader
                           2. Tried to meet Ugarte for the letters of transit
                           3. Escaped from Nazi concentration camp 
III. Rising Action         
         A. Isla arrives at Rick's Café with her husband
                           1. Ilsa recognizes Sam (Dooley Wilson), the house pianist, and asks him to play "As Time Goes By".
                                         a. A significant song between her and Rick
                           2. Rick becomes upset upong hearing the song                          
                           3. Rick finds out that Isla is married to Victor Lazlo
IV. Climax
                 A. Victor asks Rick for the Letters of Transit
                           1. Rick refuses to give letters because of his past with Isla.
                           2. Lazlo learns of Rick and Isla's past.
                           3. Rick and Isla plan to let Lazlo leave and stay in Casablanca together.
                 B. Strasser and german officers begin singing a German pride song
                           1. In response to that, Lazlo orders the band to play "La Marseillaise"
                 C. Strasser acts back by having Renault close the club.
                 D. Isla confronts Rick in the cafe
                            1. She tries to get the letters back and threatens him with a gun when he refuses to give her the letters.
                            2. She confesses her love to him.
                            3. Flashback to their romance in Paris-Isla thought that Lazlo had been killed when they fell in love, when in reality he was alive.
                                           a. Isla left Rick with only a letter.
V. Falling Action
                 A. Rick agrees to help Isla, and makes her believe that they will remain together after Lazlo leaves.
                            1. Isla is hidden in the back when Laszlo unexpectedly appears in the cafe.
                            2. Rick and Laszlo talk.
                 B. Laslo acknowledges and tells Rick that he is aware of the love between him and Isla.
                            1. Tries to persuade Rick to have the letters in order for Isla to be safe.
                 C. Police arrest Laszlo
                            1. Rick convinces Renault that he can set him up and charge him upon a more serious crime.
                 D. To calm the situation, Rick tells Renault that he and Ilsa will leave for America
                 E. Renault while calling the airpot, makes a secret call to Major Strasser.
VI. Conclusion
                 A. Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned, but Rick threatens to shoot and let Isla and Laszlo get away.
                 B. Rick makes Isla leave with Laszlo, assuring her that staying with him was the best decision.
                            1. Isla disagrees but is forced and convinced to leave.
                 C. German officers arrive, Rick shoots Strasser.
                 D. Rick and the police officer become friends and walk off into the distance.    

Topic.09 WWII Study Concepts

Role of Women during WWII
-Men went to the war.
-Women took their jobs.
-Usually made supplies for war.
-Worked for Red Cross.
-Gained a role and respect in society.
-Popular jobs were as nurses, pilots, volunteers, and soldiers.

Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb
Causes:
- New government in Japan on 1941.
-Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Caused major damage to the United States.
-United States declared war on Japan and dropped atomic bombs.
Effects:
-Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (killed 90,000 immediately), and Nagasaki (killed 70,000 immediately)
-Lasting effects of radiation; severe health problems for Japanese citizens.
-Destroyed everything: homes, cities, and people.

US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War
Before:
-US neutral and isolationist.
-Stayed out of war.
-Neutrality Acts
During:
-Aids and Supports Allies
-Trades battleships with Britain for Caribbean land (Lend-Lease Act). Helping the Allies.
-FDR promises to help any American territory that comes under attack.
After:
-Recognized as dominant, economic, and world power.
-Internationalist. Begin to be involved in other countries' affairs.

Effect of the War on Europe
-Damage to all of the European countries. (Structural)
-Population declines.
-Tension.
-A lot of debt.
-Extreme numbers  of death in countries where the Holocaust took place.

Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack
-Death of American soldiers
-Destruction of the Harbor.
-Caused the US to enter WWII, US declared war on Japan, then Germany declared war on the US.
-US gave entire support to allies.
-US used the atomic bomb twice on Japan, forcing them to surrender.

Japanese Internment
-US government felt that Japanese American citizens were a "a clear and present danger" according to a loophole in the constitution.
-Forced Japanese into prison camps.
-Korematsu vs. US: sued US for violating Civil Rights- US wins.

Neutrality Acts
-1935-1937
-Effort to keep citizens out of war.
-US battleships were not armed.
-Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.
-Trying to maintain Isolationist attitude.

Purpose of Propaganda
Persuasion:
-In the US: tried to gain support for war, troops, and women on the home front from US citizens.
-Helped keep us in the war.

-In Germany: Hitler used propaganda to deceive the Germans into believing that his views were correct.

Rationing
-Americans were told by the US government to save food, gas, metal, and other resources for the war effort.
-Americans told not to buy new things that were not necessary.

Results of WWII
-US aided Europe through the Marshall Plan
-Economic Boom
-Baby Boom
-Hitler and Mussolini dead
-Severe Jewish population decline
-Debt throughout all Europe.
-Nuclear Energy is now used as a consumer energy source
-Radiation effects in Japan.
-US seen as a major world power.

Interview Questions: Bruno Klein

1. What went through your mind every time you checked the prisoners health? Did this affect your lifestyle at all?

2. What or who made you get an interest in medical school?

3. I understand that World War II in September 1939 had no effect on you, but what did you think about the War?

4. What was on your mind the day that Germany invaded Yugoslavia? What do you feel?

5. How did you remain faithful even though there was a constant fear of death with you?