1. What are the basic principles that FDR's discusses? How are these ideas connected to human rights?
2. Why does Franklin emphasize the need for a new moral order? What is a moral order? What would be the foundations of that new moral order? What would it take to put his ideas into practice?
Group I. The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs
- Read Controversy over the Atomic Bomb & Reasons For and Against
Consider: What options did Truman have?
Discussion: Was it justified? What priorities should a president have when making such decisions?
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Group II. Japanese Internment during the War
- Read The Tragedy of Japanese Internment & Korematsu v. United States
Consider: What was the argument behind Ex. Order 9066?
Discussion: What caused this? How does it relate to other racial/ethnic discrimination in U.S. history?
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Resources: War Crimes BBC