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Chinese Civil War – China was divided into 2 nations
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Chiang Kai-shek (or Jiang Jieshi) - Became the leader of Nationalist China (island of Taiwan)
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Mao Tse-tung (or Mao Zedong—and sometimes called Chairman Mao) – Became the leader of Communist China (mainland China)
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Battle at Dien Bien Phu - The Vietnamese defeated the French and pushed them out of Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh – Became the leader of Communist North Vietnam
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The United States – Applied the containment theory to ending communism in Vietnam by sending troops in to fight
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Indira Gandhi (Indian President) – Developed a closer relationship with the Soviet Union and developed a nuclear program
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The Paris Peace Accords – Ended the fighting in Vietnam by the United States
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North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam - Vietnam was reunited as a communist country
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Deng Xiaoping (Chinese leader) - Reformed Communist China’s economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth, but kept communist control of the government
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Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister) – Close relationship with the United States
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Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader) – Instituted policies of glasnost and perestroika which led to the fall of the Soviet Union
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Berlin Wall came down – East and West Germany re-unified
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Soviet Union-economic collapses
