Do Now1) What do you think the United
States did with all of the captured Nazi leaders?
2) What would you have done with them if you were in charge?
Reminders
• Test and Binder Check FRIDAY!!
9.11- Nuremburg Trials
• Before the war ended- President Roosevelt wanted a new international political organization to be created to prevent wars.
• 1944- delegates from 39 countries met to discuss the new organization that would be called the United Nations.
United Nations
• April 25, 1945- representatives from 50 countries met in San Francisco to officially organize the United Nations and create it charter, or constitution.
• The delegates decided to have a General Assembly- where each nation would have one vote.
• Britain, France, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States would be permanent members of the Security Council- each having veto power.
IMT
• August 1945- the International Military Tribunal (IMT) was created by the US, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union to punish German and Japanese leaders for their war crimes.
• The IMT tried German leaders suspected of committing war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.
Guided Practice
• Cause and Effects of the creation of the United Nations
Independent Activity
• 1) Read the Secondary Source on the Nuremburg Trials
• 2) Complete the questions
Homework
• Test and Binder Check THURSDAY!
Exit Ticket
• 1) Why did the United States put the Nazi leaders on trial?• 2) What was the name of the
trials?
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