Great Leap & Cultural Revolution
Where did up to 25,000 people live during the Great Leap Forward?
They lived in communes.
On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government had enough of what?
10,000 Chinese students protesting.
Where did Japanese airplanes make a surprise on the US naval base?
Pearl Harbor.
In 1950, Kim Il Sung sent an army to invade where?
South Korea.
After the bombing of North Vietnam what happened?
thousands of lives were lost.
When the started the Great Leap Forward what happened?
The economy shrank.
The Chinese government were fed up and ended up doing what to the peaceful protesters?
Soldiers and tanks were sent into the square and open fired on the protestors that wouldn't leave.
When Japanese airplanes attacked the US naval base what was the effect?
It caused a war to start.
The US was willing to do what to keep Communism from spreading?
go to war.
Today, The People's Republic of Vietnam was declared what?
a communist country.
The Great Leap caused one of the largest what is 1958-1960?
one of the largest famines in history.
When the protestors refused to leave what happened?
thousands were killed and injured in the open fire.
The destruction of the atomic bomb being dropped on Japan impacted what?
Japan's economy and government, and many lives were lost.
The Communists started to fight back against the UN soldiers and what happened?
The UN soldiers had to retreat.
Effect: The US became involved in the Vietnam War when..?
Cause: they bombed North Vietnam.
The Cultural Revolution was supposed to do restore ancient Chinese culture and traditions but instead did what?
Was a brutal way of eliminating opposition to Mao's Communist rule.
Even after all that happened what does China continue to be?
Communist.
After the US bombed Japan, they had a plan to do what?
occupy and rebuild it where it would guarantee no pose of a military threat.
With no one being victorious, what happened?
the 38th parallel stayed intact.
When was Vietnam divided into 2 parts?
1954.
Today, China has a new leader and still is Communist, but he has allowed more things like private businesses and what is happening?
China has moved closer to a more market-oriented system.
After the attack on the protesters in the square how did the world and US respond?
They condemned the violence and urged China to improve human rights of their citizens.
How is Japan today?
They have one of the most stable democratic governments in the world.
What was the effect of the war on today's Korea?
Many lives were lost and they now have a democratic constitution.
In 1973, after many Americans protested the US involvement, what happened?
US troops were withdrawn.