Debate Prep: Controversial Issues at the end of WWII

 

7 minute debates:

today you will be preparing for a TWO ROUND debate on ONE of the following issues. You will not be told in advance WHICH position you will argue in class tomorrow, so be sure to complete both perspective columns in your notes.

 

Dropping of Atomic Bomb

Is the deployment of the A Bomb a necessary step to end Japanese aggression and ensure America’s victory in the Second World War?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/video/truman_15_qt.html#v172 - Video

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/peopleevents/e_olympic.html - primary sources, truman library

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/filmmore/ps_diary.html- primary sources, truman library

 

 

22^nd Amendment to US Constitution:  Is it necessary  to limit the President to two terms in office? Do term limits preserve checks and balances or hinder democratic process?

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/30/cf.00.html

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=211

 

Formation and joining of NATO : Is the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a necessary step in advancing diplomacy and world peace?

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/nato.asp

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=485

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=484

 http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=857

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/nato/large/documents/index.php?pagenumber=2&documentid=1&documentdate=1949-04-12&studycollectionid=NATO&groupid=