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Ho Chi Minh
Died: September 3, 1969
What he did: Organized the inter-colonial union.
How he was involved: He was elected to the committee of the peasants International Congress in 1923. In 1936, he took charge of China's Indochinese communist party.
How he changed the world: He declared Vietnam's independence in 1945 and became the 1st president of the republic in 1954. -
Korean War
Ended: July 27, 1953
What it was: 75,000 soldiers from North Korea crosses the 38th parallel, which was the 1st military action of the cold war,
Who it involved: The UN, U.S., North and South Korea, China, and Russia,
How it started: North Korean soldiers invaded across the 38th parallel.
How it ended: There were many casualties and a country left in ruins.
How it impacted the world: It left tension between the superpowers. -
Vietnam War
Ended: April 30, 1975 (also Emmy's birthday:0)
What it was: The second Indochina War.
Who it involved: vo, Nguyen, Gicp, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson.
How it started: The North Vietnamese government and the Vietnamese were fighting to reunify vietnam.
How it ended: North vietnam killed thousands of south vietnams. lots tried to flee from south vietnam.
How it impacted the world: Vietnam regained independence. -
Space Race
Ended: Sometime in 1975.
What it was: 20th-century competition between two cold war rivals.
Who it involved: America and Soviet Union.
How it changed the world: America was the first to the moon. -
Tet Offensive
What it was: One of the largest military campaigns of the vietnam war.
How it started: North vietnamese and viet long forces launched the "Tet offensive"
How it ended/ impacted the war: changed policies in America and other countries. -
Kent State
What it was: The Kent State shootings occured @ Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. It involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the O.H.G.
Who it involved: U.S.
How it started: Many guardsmen fired into air or ground, However, a small portion was fired directly into the crowd.
How it ended: As a result, four Kent State students died as a result of firing by the guards.
How it impacted the world: started a national student strike more than 500 colleges in the u.s. closed. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
Ended: January 20, 1981
What it was: It was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the U.S. 52 diplomats & citizens were held hostage for 444 days after a group of Iranian students belonging to the Muslim student followers of the Imam's line took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
Who it involved: Iran & U.S.
How it started: On election day pres. Reagan got into a fight with Iran's pres.
How it ended: 1 year and 2 days later pres. Reagan defeated carter in a landslide.
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War in Afganistan
Ended: February 15, 1989
What it was: Insurgent groups fought Soviet army and allied Afghanistan forces. Lots of Afghanistan people fled to Pakistan and Iran.
Who it involved: Insurgent groups and soviet/Afghanistan forces
How it started: Soviets invaded Afghanistan
How it ended: Lots of Afghans fled to go to Iran and Pakistan.
How it impacted the world: One more event that U.S. was watching for, take over more places with communism. -
Iran Contra
Ended: March 4, 1987
What it was: The name given to a series of secrets and illegal actions by U.S. gov. officials under pres. Reagan.
Who it involved: Iran & U.S.
How it started: Began as an internal U.S. confrontation between Reagan & democratic congress.
How it ended: It ended when Reagan returned to the airwaves in a nationally televised address, taking full responsibility for any actions that he was unaware of.
How it changed the world: Congress decided that the U.S. shouldn't assist. -
Gulf War
Date ended: February 28, 1991.
What it was: A conflict between Iraq and 34 other countries led by the U.S.
Involved: Iraq & U.S.
How it started: It started with the invasion of Kuwait by iraq on August 2, 1990.
How it ended: It ended the following spring when Iraq's armies were fought away.
How it changed the world: The congressional budget office estimates that U.S. incremental costs for operations desert shield & desert storm came to $15 billion. -
9/11
Who it involved: NYPD, FDNY, American people, and Al-Qaeda terrorists.
How it started: Terrorists hijacked airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center.
How it ended: Both towers fell, and killed thousands of people, sending America to war against Al-Qaeda. -
Iraq War
Ended: May 1, 2003
what it is: A dubbed operation Iraqi freedom by the U.S.
Who it involved: Iraq, Syria, U.S., U.K., Australia, Philippines, Poland, & Denmark.
How it started: It started because of armed conflict in Iraq.
How it ended: The U.S. troops formally were forced to withdraw from Iraq by December of 2011.
How it changed the world: It caused lots of death & destruction in Iraq to regional instability to a weakened world economy.
