The Great Leap Forward
When did the series of changes known as the Great Leap Forward start?
In 1958.
Around how many students gathered in Tiananmen Square to protest?
Around 10,000 people gathered in Tiananmen Square.
what was the first Japanese city the American forces bombed?
Hiroshima.
True are False? both sides suffered heavy losses.
True.
What European country laid claim to Vietnam in the 1900s?
France
What happened when there was a large number of workers who were moved into industrial production and irrigation projects?
A large amount of harvest for that year was not collected.
What where the people in Tiananmen Square protesting?
They Where protesting the corrupt communist government and for the government to move more towards a democracy.
What was the seconded Japanese city the American forces bombed?
Nagasaki
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
The 38th Parallel.
Was Ho Chi Minh satisficed with only having the control of the north?
No! He created a guerrilla warfare to fight against the US.
What effect did the effort to improve farm productivity by killing grain eating sparrows have?
It caused a massive locus swarm
How did the communist government react to the protesters in Tiananmen Square?
On June 4, 1989 the Chinese army started clearing Tiananmen Square with live ammunition, tanks, and armored personnel carriers.
True or False: some Japanese soldiers crashed their planes into American ships knowing they would die.
True
Who was the president of the US during the beginning of the Korean War?
President Truman
When did Ho Chi Minh declare independence from the French?
On September 2, 1945
What is one thing the Great leap forward used to improve production?
Collective farming
Investment in heavy industry
Boot-strap steel production
Around how many people where killed are arrested in Tiananmen Square?
Around 1,000 people where killed in Tiananmen Square and around 10,000 people where arrested.
What was Pearl Harbor?
on December 7, 1941, Japanese Airplanes attacked a US naval base at pearl harbor in Hawaii there was lots of destruction and around 2,400 people died.
What year did Kim Li Soung send his army to invade South Korea?
In 1950
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
He was a communist that began to fight for independence from the French
The Great Leap Forward was supposed to last from 1958 to 1963 but is was stopped short because it became a disaster when was it ended?
It stopped abruptly in 1960.
What does the Chinese government do about Tiananmen Square today?
The Chinese government denies that Tiananmen square ever happened and forbids its mention of it in china.
What is island hoping?
The US forces attacked island after island held by the Japanese getting closer to japan.
When did the Korean War end?
1953
When did the last US helicopter leave Vietnam?
April 1975.