https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw By: Micaela Alvarado & Daniela Torres Period 2 en-us 2017-06-09 16:46:19 UTC 2023-03-28 18:52:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 347001 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902178 The Yalta conference was where the big three met which included the U.S (FDR) , USSR (Stalin) , and Great Britain (Churchill). They all met to agree on dividing Germany into zones of occupation.  As well,  agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. It lasted from February 4-11 in 1945.]]> 2017-06-09 16:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902178 347001 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902920 The Cold War began when the United States and Soviet Union had different beliefs on government in 1949.  It  was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (Soviet/its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (U.S./its NATO). The iron curtain called for Europe to lay divided with an East and West side. Germany had been split into two sections. The East was under control of the USSR while Western zones became the Federal Republic of Germany. Stalin had agreed to free elections in Eastern Europe and to enter war in Asia from which he had promised to return lost lands to Japan. Things would eventually not go as planned. The Soviet Union formed this alliance of a Warsaw Pact as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ]]> 2017-06-09 16:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902920 346140 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902940 the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers. After a while the relationship between both of them tensed up. The us also said that they will make more destructive weapons, as in atomic bombs. now since the 1950 s the united states has been committed to the survival of an anticommunist government in the region. during the cold war the United States didn't battle directly. the us was mainly involved because they didn't want the countries falling to communist. they were trying to fight the communist because they thought that if one country falls to communism all will fall after. This is the main reason for the us to get involved in the cold war.]]> 2017-06-09 16:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902940 347001 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902989 Two major proxy wars that occurred in this time of events would be the Vietnam War and Korean War. In the Vietnam war, the Viet Cong were Vietnamese rebels in the South who fought against the Southern Vietnam government and the United States. Vietnamese Nationalists and Communists all had joined to fight against French, ending with a victory. The U.S. supported the French because they were opposed to communism and wanted to stop it from spreading. In 1973, U.S. eventually withdrawn themselves from war because of its unpopularity back at home and all the lives lost. The Korean War dealt with its division of one being North and the other South. North was communist and South was more democratic. On June 25, 1950 at the 38th parallel, North Koreans swept across in a surprise attack on South Korea. The U.S> supported South Korea with North Korea surrendering after MacArthur's surprise attack. ]]> 2017-06-09 16:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175902989 347001 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903012 On Unification Day, 3 October 1990, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist, and five new Federal States on its former territory joined the Federal Republic of Germany. East and West Berlin were reunited, and joined the Federal Republic as a full-fledged Federal City-State. The reunification of Germany occurred October 3, 1990. This was after the reformation of the GDR's Länder. This then included with the East German states joined the Federal Republic. Overall, it was the process in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form a reunited nation. ]]> 2017-06-09 16:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903012 347001 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903106 The Communist Party of China is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China. Communist leader Mao Zedong announced the end to the civil war between communist and nationalist party. The “fall” of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China. for decades. In 1966, China's Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. The period of the Cultural Revolution, which lasted from 1966 until 1977, was one of the most difficult in Chinese history. China's leader, Mao Zedong, had led a revolution that brought a form of government called Communism to the country in 1949. He launched the Cultural Revolution in order to maintain that system. Over 30 million were killed with many dying of hunger. The Great Leap Forward 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 industrialized nations, within a short, five-year time period. The campaign was led by Mao Zedong and aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization. However, it is widely considered to have caused the Great Chinese Famine. Overall, this Great Leap Forward plan was not successful lasting only 3 years. ]]> 2017-06-09 17:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903106 346140 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903121 this was a race to see which of the two, the united states or the soviet union will be able to make a craft for outer space first and this became the competition. the competition became important because this proved which of the two is the best and more advance in science and technology. also knowing the rocket ship information are both really useful to both of them. they realized that they can use it as weapons. the soviet union took the first led but the us took the lead after successfully being able to land a person on the moon and bringing him back.]]> 2017-06-09 17:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903121 346140 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903135 president Nixon visited Beijing setting in motion normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China. Richard M. Nixon was a Republican senator from California, (1913-1994).  Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit Moscow. He and Brezhnev signed seven agreements covering the prevention of accidental military clashes; arms control, as recommended by the recent Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. In June 1973, Brezhnev visited the United States for Summit II; this meeting added few new agreements, but did symbolize the two countries’ continuing commitment to peace.]]> 2017-06-09 17:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903135 346140 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903166 the fall of the soviet union was on the  great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. they collapse in 1991. they were taken over by the Russian when the soviets lowered there flag a Russian tricolor apperred. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president right before the flag of the soviet union lowered. with the fall the country divided into 15 separate countries. with the fall of the soviet union the cold war was over.]]> 2017-06-09 17:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903166 346140 https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903184 the creation of Israel was may 14,1948.  after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the British assumed control of Palestine. the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, announcing its intention to facilitate the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. the head of the of the jewish agency was the one who gave the name to israel. now we call the state of isre]]> 2017-06-09 17:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/347001/hqdfk4fk2fbw/wish/175903184