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Mao overthrows the Chinese government
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Mao Zedong and his army
WHAT: Overthrows the government
WHERE: China
WHY: The current government was corrupt
HOW: By taking advantage of Japanese invasion -
NATO and Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
WHO: The United States, Canada, and ten other countries.
WHAT: The countries formed a military alliance
WHERE: Global
WHY: Tensions grew between the allied powers, so they created and alliance for protection. Warsaw Pact
WHO: The Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe
WHAT: A military alliance
WHERE: Eastern Europe
WHEN: 1955
WHY: It was the Soviet Union's response to NATO -
Nuclear Arms Race and Detente
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: The United States, The Soviet Union
WHAT: At first only the United States had nuclear weaponry, but by 1949 the Soviet Union had also developed nuclear weapons. This created a "balance of terror" where both sides created new weapons. Soviet and American arms control led to an era of detente signing 5 treaties.
WHERE: Across the world.
WHY: To stop the conflict without any damage.
HOW: With peace treaties etc. -
The Korean Conflict
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: North and South Korea
WHAT: Kim ii Sung (North Karea leader) launches a military campaign to take over the south. In 1953 both sides sign an armistace. South Korea has an economic boom.
WHERE: All of Korea
WHY: To unite Korea
HOW: By force -
Vietnam is divided
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Vietnam
WHAT: Vietnam is divided into communist North and democratic South
WHERE: Vietnam
WHY: The country was already divided
HOW: By a conference of Western and Communist powers -
"The Great Leap Forward"
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Mao Zedong
WHAT: He began a program called "The Great Leap Forward"
WHERE: China
WHY: To increase production and industry
HOW: Collectivizing villages and agriculture -
Castro's Guerrilla Army
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Fidel Castro and his "guerrilla army"
WHAT: Fidel is successful in overthrowing Cuba's Government
WHERE: Cuba
WHY: The citizens were upset with the current dictator
HOW: Guerrilla tactics -
Invasion of Cuba
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: President Kennedy
WHAT: He approved an invasion of Cuba
WHERE: The bay of pigs
WHY: To get rid of the communist threat so close to the United States
HOW: By invasion of the bay of pigs -
Berlin Wall
WHO: East Germany
WHAT: East Germany buit a massive concrete barrior to seperate western prosperity and eastern communism.
WHERE: Berlin, Germany
WHY: The walls purpose was to stop german citizens from fleeing to the west to escape eastern communism.
HOW: The Berlin wall was a massive barrier constructed with concrete, topped with barbed wire, and patrolled by guards. -
The United States Blockade
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: The United States
WHAT: They threatened and blockaded
WHERE: Cuba
WHY: To eliminate the nuclear threat 90 miles away
HOW: Kennedy threatened to launch nuclear weapons -
Vietnam Fights
WHO: South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese
WHAT: Began fighting over islands
WHERE: In the bay of Tonkin
HOW: South Vietnamese attacked Northern islands in the bay of Tonkin. This provoked North Vietnamese to attack a U.S. ship -
Eastern European Independence
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Eastern Europe
WHAT: Hungary makes mild reforms. Polish workers formed a union called solidarity which challenged the government, it gained the support of the pope. Poland Legalized Solidarity. 1991 the warsaw pact was dissolved. 1992 Czechoslovakia was divided peacefully.
WHERE: Eastern Europe -
Soviets in Afghanistan
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: The Soviets, The U.S.
WHAT: Sent troops to Afghanistan to uphold a soviet-supported Afghan government. By the mid 1980's America began smuggling weapons to the Mujahedin.
WHY: To fight communism
HOW: They smuggled -
Soviet Union Falls
DATE IS NOT SPECIFIC
WHO: Soviet Controlled countries
WHAT: Began breaking away from the soviet empire.
WHERE: Global
WHY: The U.S.S.R. was crumbling
