https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6 Made with mirth en-us 2017-06-08 19:07:05 UTC 2025-12-29 20:22:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 349672 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789164 Meeting of leaders from U.S. (FDR), Britain (Churchill) and Soviet Union (Stalin) in 1945 before end of WWII.Made plan for post-war to divide Germany & Berlin (capital) into zones of occupation to be controlled by each of their military forces.]]> 2017-06-08 19:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789164 349672 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789338 Azfter WWII, this organization which included 10 western European nations along with the U.S. and Canada was created to provide collective security.
Another attempt to stop the spread of communism. Truman Doctrine Main goal to stop the spread of communism by supporting countries that reject it.The Marshall plan after WWII, Western Europe was in ruins and U.S. proposed aid to help all European countries in need.]]> 2017-06-08 19:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789338 349243 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789474 Vietnamization:
Vietnamization of the war was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese troops and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troop.

Détente:
Détente was a policy of lowering tensions between the superpowers]]> 2017-06-08 19:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175789474 349243 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175827752 The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany]]> 2017-06-09 05:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175827752 349243 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828192 Glastnost:
Means openness. Reform under Mikhail Gorbachev to create more freedom and openness both socially and politically in the U.S.S.R. Allowed churches to open, released political prisoners, publication of books that had been banned and more freedom in the media.

Perestroika:
Economic, and political reform and restructuring under Gorbachev in an effort to revive the Soviet economy. Move away from a command economy. People were allowed to open small businesses. Goal to retain communism but make it more efficient and productive. Also resulted in limited elections and changes in foreign policy especially in regards to limiting spending on arms.

Mikhail Gorbachev:
General Party Secretary and Leader of the Soviet Union in 1985. Unlike previous leaders, he wanted to move the Soviet Union in a new direction away from a totalitarian state. Pursued both economic and social reforms. After an uprising in Lithuania (a soviet satellite state) in the early 1990s he was replaced by Boris Yeltsin, the first directly elected president of Russia. His reforms led to the breakup of the Soviet Union and eventually the end to Communist Russia.

When/why did the Soviet Union break up:
The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Sovietpresident Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. However, Gorbachev was disappointed in the dissolution of his nation and resigned from his job on December 25.]]> 2017-06-09 05:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828192 349243 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828501 Why Chinese communist took control in 1949:
In 1945, the leaders of the Nationalist and Communist parties, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, met for a series of talks on the formation of a post-war government. Both agreed on the importance of democracy, a unified military, and equality for all Chinese political parties.

Cultural Revolution:
Revolution led by the Red Guards under Mao. Goal to establish a society of peasants and workers that are all equal. Persecuted intellectuals and artists and claimed they were dangerous. Shut down colleges and schools. Thousands were forced to do hard labor and were executed. Eventually Mao stopped the revolution because he feared another civil war

Great Leap Forward:
Mao's plan to modernize China with a focus on agriculture and industry. Created communes or large collective farms inspired by Stalin's Five-Year Plans.. Strictly controlled life of the Chinese people. Program was a failure and resulted in inefficiency, crop failure and a famine that killed about 20 million people.  Also resulted in break with relations with the Soviet Union.]]> 2017-06-09 05:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828501 349243 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828977 When/why Israel was created:
The British mandate over Palestine officially terminated at midnight, May 14, 1948. Earlier in the day, at 4:00 p.m., David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the creation of the State of Israel and became its first prime minister. Longtime advocate of Zionism in Britain Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) became Israel's first president.

What is the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict about:
Palestinian refugees are people who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli conflict and the 1967 Six-Day War. The number of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from Israel following its creation was estimated at 711,000 in 1949.]]> 2017-06-09 05:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/175828977 349672 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176148922 The Iron Curtain mad by the Soviets to block al the western countries from the est dividing the communist and Democratics. Stalin after world war II said no free elections making sure all countries stayed communist. The War Pact was made because of NATO. ]]> 2017-06-12 18:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176148922 349672 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176149772 This affected the United States and Soviet Union because they had put so much money in all the education in technology. The importance in the race was to make a satellite shoot missiles down at other countries. ]]> 2017-06-12 19:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176149772 349672 https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176196174 The proxy war is a major power not being directly involved with a fight a example would be Korea where the Japanese had taken over 1910 but Korea had stood up. and this caused conflict with tow sides being democratic and communist the U.S on the Democratic and the Soviets with communism they weren't really involved with the war they just supported aid and money for their own favor sides. As well goes for Vietnam were two sides were different but this time the communist side had won the whole country not like Korea the country eas split into two.]]> 2017-06-13 06:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/349672/qfuy4eaxobj6/wish/176196174