First Organ Transplant(1950)

    In the 21st century, organ transplants are an everyday procedure to help save the lives of hundreds of thousands. Livers, hearts, kidneys and lungs are just a few of the organs shipped across the USA and delivered to patients in need. It wasn't always this way though, before 1950 many people would suffer and die from organ failure. Technology was not advanced enough to successfully perform the simplest and the most common procedures although successful transplants of bones, skin, nerves, tendons and eye corneas had been accomplished.

    The first person to ever have a transplant done was a 49 year old girl by the name of Ruth Tucker. Ruth suffered from polycystic kidneys(inherited by her mother) and was in dire need of a new one. On June 17, 1950 at Little Company of Mary Hospital, history was made when surgeons performed the first vital organ transplant on Ruth. People gathered around to watch as one of the most important steps in human medical/technical history unfolded. while filming, one pf the camera crew who was supposed to be recording fainted as he wasn't used to being exposed to such a gruesome environment.
    Today technology has advanced greatly and cloning is even a possibility in USA. There are certified brain surgeons and people are now opening chests to perform heart surgery and even replacing parts of tissue that no longer work. With our advancement in medical techniques and the possibility of cloning, what could come next in the near future?

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What was the goal for Roosevelt after the war?  What were Soviet goals about Germany? The soviets wanted to keep Germany weak and make sure that the countries between Germany and and the Soviet Union were under soviet control. President Roosevelt  hoped that the victory over axis and the United Nations would lead to a more peaceful world.

What did FDR think was 'key' to world peace? Franklin Roosevelt believed the key to world peace was to create economic growth and wanted to increase world trade.

What was 'declaration of liberated europe, and how successful was it?' It asserted "the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they live." It led to conflict and eventually just was looked over.

How was Germany to be controlled? The conference agreed to divide Germany into four zones: United States, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain. They also would divide the city of Berlin.

What was Truman's view about how to deal with USSR?
He believed that we should fight back and not make the same mistake Britain did with hitler.

What is a satellite nation? The communist countries of Eastern Europe. They had to remain friendly to the Soviet Union even though they were not under their control AND remain communist.

What is an 'iron curtain'? Was the seperation of communist nations  of Eastern Europe from the west.

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Nimitz- commander of the navy in the pacific (purl harbor)

MacArthur- the commander of the forces in the Phillipines. (Dug out dug=hung out at base while his soldiers fought)

Bataan- fighting for the Phillipines and 70 or more soldiers captured (battle)

Doolittle raid- when 16 planes were unloaded and brought over Tokyo where they dropped bombs. (Returned to China after bombing) only 8 died out of like 60 and some captured.

Coral sea- (battle) Japanese wanted to take over the Portuguese but America broke the code and stopped them (met and attacked them)

Midway- after purl harbor. America knew they were coming so we attacked them.

Erwin Rommel- desert fox!

Kassarine pass-British vs. German.

Patton- general, brilliant strategist and gets America ready for war.

Casa Blanca- meeting between FDR and Churchill. Want to invade the beaches in France and attack Italy.

Convoy system- cargo ships traveled as a group to protect itself from submarines.

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Mussolini: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was the fascist prime minister of Italy, with dictatorial powers, from 1922 until he was overthrown in 1943.

 

Fascism: extreme nationalism

Blackshirts: killed the people who opposed Mussolini (worked for him)

Lenin: founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state.

 

USSR: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviated to USSR or the Soviet Union, was a socialist state on the Eurasian continent.

 

Stalin: Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

 

Hitler: Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

 

Mien Kamf: book written by Hitler while he was in jail (explained all of his plans)

Reichstag fire: On February 27, 1933, the German parliament building burned down due to arson. The government falsely portrayed the fire as part of a Communist effort to overthrow the state. 

 

Fuhrer: Führer, or Fuehrer is a German title meaning leader or guide now most associated with Adolf Hitler.

 

Manchuria: Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in Northeast Asia.

 

Neutrality Act: America decided to stay out of the war by not selling weapons to  any fighting countries.

 

Francisco Franco: Francisco Franco Bahamonde was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to his death in 1975.

 

Isolationism: America wanted to stay isolated so no war would erupt.

Internationalism: loving your country.