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Cause(s) of the event.

Due to the Cold War and the fear of the Domino Effect, the US feared that if Vietnam becomes communist, so will the countries surrounding it.
A description of what the event was -

America fought along side ARVIN in order to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. The war ended when US forces withdrew and Vietnam became communist.
Date(s) of the event

1955-1973
Key individuals/groups involved

Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Dinh Diem, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon

Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Communism

Ho Chi Minh - was fighting for liberation from colonial rule and establishing communist dictatorship in Vietnam.

Vietcong - A communist revolutionary organization.

Vietnamization - A strategy made to get rid of American involvement in the Vietnam war.

17th Parallel - The boundary that separated north and south Vietnam.

Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IcmLkuhG0
https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war

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1. Cause(s) of the event - Disagreement between the two parties and the influence of communism, as well as the USA's desire to contain it and stop the spread.

2. A description of what the event was : A fight between the communist north and the anti-communist south. When Kim Il Sung invaded the South the USA got involved in order to help stop the spread of communism.

3. Date(s) of the event 1950-1953

4. Key individuals/groups involved  - Synghman Rhee, Kim Il Sung, Harry S. Truman

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

The war ended where it began, neither

Douglas MacArthur - The commander of the police force and one of the highest ranking generals.

United Nations (role of it) - Authorized Harry S. Truman to get the USA involved.

38th Parallel - The border that divided the north and south.

Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IcmLkuhG0
https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war

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1. Cause(s) of the event - Even though there was free health care and education in the east, West Germany had higher salaries, had more consumer goods, and more personally freedom. This caused about 20% of the Eastern population to leave.

2. A description of what the event was - Since many wanted to leave the borders were closed and the expanding wall made it difficult to escape. Eventually a crowd assembled on the border and forced the guards to open the gates. People then started destroying and tearing the wall down.

3. Date(s) of the event 1989

4. Key individuals/groups involved Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Democracy

Mikhail Gorbachev- Leader of USSR

Ronald Reagan - President of USA

Sources -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fQPzZ1-hg
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall

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1. Cause(s) of the event During the Yalta Conference it was agreed to divide Germany into zones that will be controlled by the Allied military forces.

2. A description of what the event was - Germany was split into two sections (east and west). The split became known as the iron curtain. The Soviets controlled the eastern part as well as Berlin. The western zones became the Federal Republic of Germany.

3. Date(s) of the event 1949

4. Key individuals/groups involved Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Berlin Airlift - The Soviet Union wanted Berlin to themselves so they cut off any means of transportation. Instead of getting out of Berlin, the United States and its allies supplied their sectors using aircrafts.
Berlin Wall - A wall built through Berlin with the purpose of keeping out Western Fascists from East Germany.
Iron Curtain - Winston Churchill's words to describe the divide of Europe.
Marshall Plan - An assistance program meant to aid European countries after WWII.

Sources -
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-airlift
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall

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Cuban Missile Crisis

1. Cause(s) of the event The United States tried to overthrow Cuba's new communist government so Cuba asked the Soviet Union for help.

2. A description of what the event was : The Soviet Union sent nuclear weapon's to Cuba as help. After the 13-day crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union compromised on an agreement. The US had to remove missiles from Turkey and Italy as well as promise to not invade Cuba, so that the Soviet Union removes the missiles from Cuba.

3. Date(s) of the event 1961

4. Key individuals/groups involved Nikita Khrushchev, John F. Kennedy

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Neither, a compromise?

Bay of Pigs : The United States' unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Cuban communist government.
Fidel Castro : President of Cuba
John F. Kennedy : President of USA
Nikita Khrushchev : Secretary of Communist Party
Sources - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWW3sbk4EU
https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/nuclear-close-calls-cuban-missile-crisis

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Chinese Civil War

1. Cause(s) of the event - The end of WWII increased the spread of communism, including in China.

2. A description of what the event was :Chiang Kai-shek and the United States tried to prevent the spread of communism in China.

3. Date(s) of the event 1937-1949

4. Key individuals/groups involved Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong

5. Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Communism

Chiang Kai-Shek - The leader of China

Cultural Revolution - A political movement that was started by Mao Zedong.

Great Leap Forward - Similar to the Soviet Union's five year plan, it was a social and economic campaign that was led by the Chinese Communist Party.

Mao Zedong - Led the cultural revolution while being the president of China.

Taiwan - Where national leaders retreated.

Sources - https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/chinese-rev , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUCEeC4f6ts

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Break up of the Soviet Union
Cause(s) of the event

Gorbachev came to power and with him, he brought new ideas which were much different from previous ones. Gorbachev's involvement in Lithuania and the lack of economic progress he was making was not good for his reputation. Boris Yeltsin replaced Gorbachev. Although Gorbachev asked of other countries under the Soviet Union for unity, countries were becoming independent. The Soviet Union was falling apart.

A description of what the event was

Countries were becoming independent left and right. Without the other countries, the Soviet Union is only left as Russia.

Date(s) of the event

1991

Key individuals/groups involved

Gorbachev, Yeltsin

Was the event a victory for Democracy or Communism?

Democracy

Glasnost- It meant openness. It was a policy that allowed for churches to open, banned books became unbanned, reporters actually reported and questioned government officials.

Perestroika - Restructuring of the Soviet Economy.
Sources:
https://www.coursehero.com/study-guides/boundless-worldhistory/fall-of-the-soviet-union/
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union

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1. Causes of the event.
When the United States used the atomic bomb on Japan, they did not inform Stalin that they would be using it. This created mistrust between the two countries. The country with the most powerful weapon was seen as the strongest and most powerful, this created competition between the two and to the start of the Arms Race.
2. What the event was.
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that is known as the biggest and most expensive arms race in history.
3. Dates of the event.
1949-1991
4. Key individuals, groups involved
Joseph Stalin, Soviet Union, United States
Was the event a victory for democracy or communism?
No one won
Brinkmanship- The willingness to go to the edge or brink of war.
Deterrence- Both the Soviet Union and the United states built a large amount of nuclear weapons.
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I and SALT II)-

SALT I was first round of trying to reinforce limitations on nuclear weapons. SALT II was the second round that focused on limiting and reducing the number of MIRVs (Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle)
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)- A system that would detect and deflect nuclear weapons using x-ray lasers, which was proposed by President Reagan in 1983.
Sources used : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zfwycdm/revision/8
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/arms-race
https://www.history.com/news/reagan-star-wars-sdi-missile-defense
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/salt