Great Leap Forward/Cultural Revolution
China wanted to build up their economy by creating the Great Leap Forward, when did China start it?
China, on February 1958
The soldiers had permission to open fire at the peaceful protestors, how many people got injured/died?
2,600 were killed and 6,000 were injured.
Japan had to rebuild their country, why did they have to rebuild?
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, true or false?
True.
When did the Vietnam war occur?
November 1, 1955.
The Great Leap Forward was supposed to help China, but what did it do instead?
The plan failed because of poor management, environmental issues, and government corruption. Instead of growing stronger, like it was made to do, China’s economy actually shrank.
The Chinese government sent soldiers with tanks and weapons to open fire at the peaceful protestors, it was said that the government had enough of the protests, is this information true or false?
True, the government had enough and took action against the protestors using violence.
After WW2 when did Japan start rebuilding their country?
In September, 1945
The Korean War was between the North and South, what was the reason for the war?
North Korea invaded South Korea by going over the border, and people saw that as illegal.
Why was the war started?
Ho Chi Minh continued to fight for full Vietnamese unification, and the U.S. feared that communism would spread and wanted to support democratic government of South Vietnam.
When China wanted to make their economy stronger, what was the movement that they came up with and what did it do?
The Great Leap Forward was supposed to modernize China’s economy by building up its industries, It was also made to increase farm productivity.
There was a huge massacre between soldiers and citizens protesting in Japan, where and when in China did this event take place?
The massacre happened at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989
How did rebuilding change Japan?
Japan now has a democratic government and a constitutional monarchy in order to preserve the emperor’s role in the country’s culture.
What was Korea like after the war ended?
The Korean War ended in a tie, the 38th parallel dividing line remained between the two countries. The Korean peninsula was badly damaged and many lives were lost.
How has the war changed Vietnam?
Over 1 million people died, both sides were badly damaged, and even children today have various diseases or disabilities from the the harmful chemicals carried out in the War.
How did China recover from the Great Leap Forward?
Mao lost absolute power, but was still part of the government. Their new leader, Deng Xiaoping made new reforms to Mao's rule, but China still stuck with their communist rules. The new reformed rule allowed farmers to own their own land, technological advances, opened China to investments, and he allowed some private businesses to open.
This massacre killed over 2,000 people, how did the other countries react to this situation?
Countries around the world started to give pressure to the Chinese government to improve the rights of humans, luckily is finally worked and the government started giving real human right reforms.
Today, the country has one of the most stable democratic governments in the world, and one of the most powerful industrialized economies in the world.
While chasing out North Korea, South Korea had some help which country supported South Korea?
The U.S. were the ones who saw North Korea's invasion as illegal, so they send soldiers to help push back the North Koreans all the way to the Chinese border.
What did the U.S. do to support South Vietnam?
The U.S. sent weapons and over 500,000 soldiers to help defend South Vietnam. Even Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Philippines, and Thailand supported South Vietnam
The Great Leap Forward ended on 1963, so what is China like today?
Today China's economy bounced back, its expanding pretty quickly and has been among the world's fastest-growing economies, with real annual GDP growth averaging 9.5%.
Today, it's said that living standards have improved & personal choice has expanded. Since the late 1970s, China has moved from a, centrally planned system to a more market-oriented one, is this true or false
True, human rights in China have gradually improved, but they still continue their communist tradition.
A country took over Japan from 1945-1952 and helped them rebuild, which country helped them and what did they do?
The U.S. installed a democratic government and a constitutional monarchy to keep the emperor's place, the U.S. also wrote them a new constitution.
Korea has changed since the war, there is still a border between the North and South, but what is the South like currently?
Today, South Korea has free elections and a democratic constitution. North Korea remains a communist country under the autocratic rule
What is Vietnam like today after the war?
The war has been going on for years, and the U.S. citizens were starting to protest that too many lives were lost, so the U.S. finally withdrew their troops and South Vietnam officially surrendered and is unified under Communist control. The Vietnam government struggled for many years, but is finally starting to experience strong economic growth.