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30 Cards in this Set
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"cleansing"
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a forced removal
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Mao Zedong
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communist leader in China
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao Zedong (communist leader) wanted to improve agriculture
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Cultural Revolution
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attempt to stir up zeal for communism
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Tiananmen Square
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Students took it over in April 1989 and wanted democracy
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Richard Nixon
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President, visited communist China in 1970's
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Douglas MacAuthor
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(General) took charge of Japan after WWII
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Ichon
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MacAuthor landed there to push the communists back
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Truman
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didnt agree to nuke china/Korean boarder
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Ho Chi Minh
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leader of communist in vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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leader of South Vietnam
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tet offensive
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U.S. amd S. Vietnam drive the Notth Vietnamese away from Saigon
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What did communists claim the church was
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superstition
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what did the lady communist think about love
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that it had no place in a classes society
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what did MacAuthor do to reform Japan
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allowed Women to vote, had labor unions, and wrote a new constitution
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how did USA help Japans economy
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U.S. gave japan billions of dollars in aid money, raw materials, and markets
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How did the USSA see china?
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viewed them as second class citizens
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why did china want U.S. for an ally
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china and russia were having boarder skirmishes, china wanted to have powerful allies
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what happened when china allowed free enterprise
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there GNP quadrupled
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how do we know china is still oppressive
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no freedom or religion, does not allow any political opposition to communism, and the Tianamen Square incident
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What happened when Korea was divided at the 38th parallel?
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S. Korea held elections and became Republic of Korea; N. Korea wouldn't allow elections and invaded S. Korea
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What did MacArthur propose in Korea?
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to nuke China-Korea border
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Who wanted Viet Nam back after WWII?
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French
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Which part of Viet Nam was Communist?
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North
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Viet Cong - what did they do?
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the Communist troops; sent spies to assassinate S. Vietnamese leaders
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Why did US pull out of Vietman?
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Because of protests against American troops being there
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What happened after America pulled out of Vietnam?
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the Communists took over
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What did Communists teach at Soochow University (including Mao's quote) and were their predictions correct?
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They taught capitalism would fall because machines would take place of laborers and capitalists would forget how to work. "Revolution is not a dinner party." Predictions were not correct because in capitalism, the more one works, the more one prospers.
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What happened to Neng Yee after her husband went to Hong Kong and how did she get an exit permit?
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She was forced to work in a labor camp in place of her husband. She asked to to Hong Kong for maternity leave and miraculously was granted an exit permit.
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Describe three similarities and one difference between Korean War and conflict in Vietnam after WWII.
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Both were struggles against communism. The North was held by the communists and invaded the South protected by US troops. There was a demilitarized zone in both Korea and Vietnam. Difference: We still have troops in South Korea; US pulled out of Vietnam
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