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The Caretaker Gov't and Military Regime
Parliamentary Era
WWII to Independence
Resistance
ETC.
100
This man saw U Nu as a "soft" leader and felt that Federalism was not the answer for Myanmar's growth.
Who is Ne Win?
100
The factions of the CPB, the Red and White Flags, wanted to use violence because their Communist ideals were being ignored and thought that U Nu was favoring this.
What is socialism?
100
Myanmar hoped to use WWII to their advantage by...
What is distracting the British?
100
This sparked the 1988 Pro Democracy protests.
What is a severe economic crisis?
100
This conference was made possible by Bogyoke Aung San traveling around Myanmar. He met with ethnic groups to gain their trust. He wanted to unite Burma Proper and the Frontier Areas with conditions; preserving the cultural traditions of all ethnic groups. After all, Myanmar without its ethnic group is like curry without salt.
What is the Panlong Agreement?
200
During Ne Win's regime, the country was governed by a unicameral legislative system, judged by “People’s inspectors” who assured that decisions were for the “Good” of the country, and ruled by a small group of members from this.
What is the military?
200
These three ethnic groups created insurgent groups against U Nu's government in the Parliamentary Era.
Who are the Mon, Karen, and Arakanese?
200
This group hoped that Japanese military training would give them a stronger army to create a stronger, unified front on the path to independence from the British.
What are the 30 Comrades?
200
This organization was created in 1988 in response to the democracy resistance almost destroying the military regime.
What is the SLORC?
200
After WWII, independence from the British had still not been granted. Burma Proper wanted to be one nation while this area wanted to split into different states.
What are the Frontier Areas?
300
List 3 human rights that were abused during the military regime.
What are... Portering- hired to carry military supplies Minesweeping- across landmine areas Forced labor Raping of women Child soldiers Human trafficking- sent to Thailand, China. Turned into prostitutes ETC.
300
U Nu's favoring of this created social tensions in Myanmar during the Parliamentary Era.
What is Buddhism?
300
The Japanese invaded and occupied Myanmar with the main purpose of shutting this WWII operation down.
What is transportation on the Burma Road?
300
List one effect of the 1988 democracy protests (positive or negative)
What are... 1) Other countries started disliking the military regime 2) Raised people’s awareness and hope for another type of government 3)SLORC changed the name of the country to Myanmar so the international community would think that the country had changed
300
This document was an attempt to unite the country, dividing power between Burma Proper and the Frontier Areas. However, it was inconsistent in that some ethnic groups were recognized and others were not. Some of its specifications were vague. For example, the Karens were given a territory but the boundaries were unclear.
What is the 1947 Constitution?
400
List 2 reasons why the 1970's resistance movements such as the monk strikes, U Thant's memorial, and worker's strikes, were generally unsuccessful.
What are... 1) Military Intelligence watched everyone very carefully, so peoplecould not speak freely. 2) They also made professors responsible for reporting their students’ behavior, and they changed the education system so that students had fewer chances to organize. 3) the people who opposed the government did not usually have clear demands; they focused on one event rather than on changing the system as a whole. 3) The majority of people in Burma were focused on surviving the difficult economic conditions
400
List 2 obstacles during the Parliamentary Era.
What is 1)People had been displaced from their homes due to the armed struggles 2)Crime had increased due to poverty and the accessibility of guns 3) Difficult to fix because the British and Indian Civil Servants who had run the country were now gone. Few Burmese people had the training to fill their places.
400
This British official stayed in Myanmar during WWII to help Myanmar resist Japanese occupation and work towards independence.
Who is Major Hugh Seagram?
400
Which event created legitimacy for the NLD, raised the international community's awareness and disapproval of the military regime, and raised the public's awareness that Myanmar needed a change in government.
What is the 1990 election?
400
After Aung San's assassination, U Nu begrudgingly accepted the position as prime minister while this political opponent was executed and charged wtih the assassination.
Who is U Saw?
500
List 3 changes made by Ne Win to Myanmar's economy.
What are... - Isolation -Demonitized currency -Nationalized banks and businesses -Increased corruption - Land reform program decreased motivation
500
List 2 successes during the Parliamentary Era.
What is.. 1) Increased trade (especially rice exports) 2) Gov’t organized education, infrastructure, and transportation projects, mainly in Central Burma 3) Free public schools and reading rooms were open in rural areas 4) Land reform programs redistributed land to peasants 5) Gave money to villages to build roads
500
This group worked with the Japanese to attack the Karen minority group because they viewed them as friends of the British.
What is the Burmese Intelligence Agency (BIA)?
500
After the 1990 election, students created armies and joined up with the ethnic groups and democracy groups. They met and came up with plans and solutions to end the military regime. Another name for these meetings is this.
What are tripartite dialogues?
500
This was the main theme echoed in U Nu's visionary speech for Myanmar.
What is unity?