https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi Madde Ridge & Hannah Swingle en-us 2018-03-18 22:51:42 UTC 2018-03-23 03:38:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312842 The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government]]> 2018-03-19 03:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312842 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312916 The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies food supply so it had to be brought in by American forces]]> 2018-03-19 03:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312916 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312936 The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. ]]> 2018-03-19 03:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312936 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312960 On November 9, 1989, thousands of jubilant Germans brought down the most visible symbol of division at the heart of Europe, the Berlin Wall. This symbolized the fall of communism]]> 2018-03-19 03:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243312960 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313141 The Chinese Civil War was a war fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China.]]> 2018-03-19 03:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313141 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313176 The Cultural Revolution was a chaotic mass movement in the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong launched it in 1966, claiming that elitists were undermining the government and Chinese society.]]> 2018-03-19 03:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313176 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313236 Vietnam was split into two in 1954, as part of the Geneva accords. It had a communist government in the north and a democratic south.]]> 2018-03-19 03:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313236 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313273 The British government issued the Balfour Declaration, announcing its intention to facilitate the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.]]> 2018-03-19 03:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313273 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313440 After successfully overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and ending over two thousand years of imperial rule in China, the Chinese Republic was formed in 1949.]]> 2018-03-19 03:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313440 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313506 The evolution of NATO's “open door policy” is based upon Article 10 of the Washington Treaty, which states that membership is open to any “European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area”.

]]> 2018-03-19 03:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313506 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313531 The Fall of the Berlin Wall was inadvertently sparked by the reform policies of Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. November 9, 1989 is recognized as the date of destruction.]]> 2018-03-19 03:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313531 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313552 The Korean War was fought in the early 1950's between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist North Korea. The war began in 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea.]]> 2018-03-19 03:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313552 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313571 The favoring of the way of living in the Soviet nation sparked strong feeling of pride for the country.]]> 2018-03-19 03:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313571 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313632   It was an effort made by the Communist Party of China under the leadership of Mao Zedong to transform China into a society capable of competing with other Western industrialized nations, within a short, five-year time period.]]> 2018-03-19 03:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313632 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313745 Countries under the control and influence of the Soviet Union wanted to break free of communism]]> 2018-03-19 03:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313745 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313763 The Israeli War broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948. The United Nations resolution sparked conflict between Jewish and Arab groups within Palestine.]]> 2018-03-19 03:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313763 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313785 An important event in the history of the Chinese communists. Driven from southern and eastern China by Chiang Kai-shek at the end of the 1920s, the communist leader Mao Zedong led his forces on a long march to safety in the northwest part of China.]]> 2018-03-19 03:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313785 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313794 The nationalism in these countries stemmed wanted to be freed from the harsh ties of communism.]]> 2018-03-19 03:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313794 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313862 The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.]]> 2018-03-19 03:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313862 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313881 The Yalta Conference was a meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization. The three states were represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively. ]]> 2018-03-19 03:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313881 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313923 The religious conflict was between the Hindus and Muslims in India.The British leaders finally agreed that the partition was the best way to limit bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims within India. It was decided that India would be split into two independent nations. Pakistan would contain the mainly Muslim regions of India, and India would retain the regions of Hindu majority.]]> 2018-03-19 03:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313923 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313948 The reunification of Vietnam is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon ) on April 30, 1975 signaling the end of the Vietnam War.]]> 2018-03-19 03:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313948 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313998 When multiple countries had a sweep of nationalism from their citizens.]]> 2018-03-19 03:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243313998 madelene_ridge https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243314039 An extremely powerful nation; specifically one of a very few dominant states in an era when the world is divided politically into these states and their satellites.]]> 2018-03-19 03:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/madelene_ridge/dwhnrqzx2uzi/wish/243314039