20th Century Asia

By Caydens13
  • Jun 18, 1498

    The Europeans Arrived

    The Europeans Arrived
    A Portuguese king by the name of Manuel I sent the navigator to find a sea route to India in 1497.Da Gama reached the port of Calicut on the coast of Malabar.

  • Mohandas Gandhi's Belief

    Mohandas Gandhi's Belief
    On October 2 1869 Mohandas Gandhi.Gandhi introduced non violent protests to India and to the rest of the world. He gained many followers through his teachings and techniques. From that, he got lots of support in non violent protesting helping gain independence.On January 30 1948 Mohandas Gandhi.

  • The US Role of Japan's Rebuild

    The US Role of Japan's Rebuild
    On August 6 1945 The US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.After the war the US helped Japan out in the rebuild Japan by helping them with military, political, economic, and social reforms. They helped people who didn't have land get land and helped out destroyed buisnesses.

  • Foreign Involvement in Korea

    Foreign Involvement in Korea
    On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when soldiers from the North Korean Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed north and the Republic of Korea to the south. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf.To the Americans it was a war against communism itself.Americans wanted to end communism for once and for all.

  • The Great Leap Forward

    The Great Leap Forward
    The Great Leap Forward was five year plan that was created to develop agriculture and industry.It lasted from 1958 to 1963 and People in a commune gave up their ownership of tools, animals etc so that everything was owned by the commune.People died during this period.

  • The Cultural Revolution

    The Cultural Revolution
    In 1966, China’s Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government.He wanted to keep communism in China.

  • How Nationalism helped Vietnam and India

    How Nationalism helped Vietnam and India
    In the 1950s the French was in control of Vietnam and India.In the 1880s the French owned most owned most of Asia.Ho Chi Minh made a communist nationalist movement which many Indians join to help fight the French so India could gain independence. Ho Chi Minh also defeated Japan in war in order to free Vietnam and also to make Vietnam a communist country.

  • The Tiananmen Square Massacre

    The Tiananmen Square Massacre
    In 1989 people were protesting because the government declared martial law.Chinese soldiers came in and killed the protesters and rolled in a tank.