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War in Southeast Asia. 15.4 Notes. 15.3 Mini-Notes! Part 1 China. China become communist under dictator Mao Zedong Totalitarian State Collectivized Agriculture Great Leap Forward-1958-1960- An effort to increase production and agriculture that proved to be a failure - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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War in Southeast Asia15.4 Notes
15.3 Mini-Notes! Part 1 ChinaChina become communist under dictator Mao
ZedongTotalitarian StateCollectivized Agriculture
Great Leap Forward-1958-1960- An effort to increase production and agriculture that proved to be a failure
Cultural Revolution- an attempt to purge China of “bourgeois” tendencies. Led to attacks and mobs on many.
China becomes an important power center for the Cold War between U.S. and Soviets
15.3 Mini Notes! Part 2 KoreaAfter WWII Korea was
occupied- divided on the 38th parallel.
Kim Il Sung- Communist dictator of North Korea, backed by Soviets
Syngman Rhee- dictator of South Korea, backed by U.S.
June 1950- North Korea invades South to reunite their country
U.N. Peacekeeping forces push them back, move into North Korea
China gets involved, U.N. pushed south of 38th parallel
Armistice ends the war- 38th becomes a DMZ
Korean War
I. Indochina After World War IIFrench had occupied
Vietnam as a colonial power
Ho Chi Minh-nationalist and communist who had fought the Japanese
Dienbienphu- 1954 battle convinced French to leave Vietnam
II. Vietnam is DividedVietnam was
divided into North (communist) and South (non-communist)
Ngo Dinh Diem- leader of South Vietnam, dictatorial but non-communist
III. America Enters the Vietnam WarHo Chi Minh- wants to reunite Vietnam
Viet Cong- Minh’s communist rebelsU.S. initially only sent supplies and advisorsNorth Vietnamese attacked a U.S. Navy destroyer
in the Gulf of Tonkin3 days later thought they were attacked again
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution- 1964 gave the President a blank check in Vietnam
Domino Theory-belief that if South Vietnam falls to communism the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall
IV. War in Vietnamguerrillas- small
groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids
U.S. failed to stop the Viet Cong
The Tet Offensive- major North Vietnamese assault cause U.S. public opinion to turn against the war
V. The Vietnam War EndsProtests against the
war at home in the U.S. ended the war
North Vietnamese take the South two years after the peace