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Turning Point of the Cold war in asia?
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What is the tet offensive and why didn't it go as planned?
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| A vietnamese holiday where americans ceased fire but the vietnamese attack anyway. They lost. |
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| American's dropped what acid to clear the forest? What effecr did it have on civilians? |
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Nepalm.
Burned them to the bone. |
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Where do hippies begin to protest?
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Democratic National Convention
in Chicago |
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| Who is given the democratic nomination after Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated? |
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| Who beats out Hurbert. H. Humphrey in the election? |
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| After elected for a second term, how much longer before Nixon pulls US out of vietnam? how much longer until the war ends? |
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| Students from which university are shot by the national gaurd for protesting? |
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| How does latin america plan to pay for modernization? Why doesn't it work? |
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| Hired peruvians with low pay and dangerous jobs? |
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| U.S cerro de Pasco copper mine |
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| Cleared forest where people lived to plant bananas? |
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| United Fruit Company (chiquita) |
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| The government of latin america is a puppet to big corporate american businesses. This is? |
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| Wanted Americans and Europeans to invest in Mexico for "modernization". Pocketed all profits. Rigged elections to stay in office. Jailed journalist who tried to expose him. Finally is brought down in bloody 10 year revolt: |
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| Portfirio Diaz's army in charge of keeping down peasant rallys |
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Country that is a one trick pony?
What happens when this trick fails?
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Banana Republic.
Economy goes down. |
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| Putting more money in education than in the military? |
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First welfare country in Latin America?
Who is the president? |
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Yuraguay.
Batlle y Ordenez |
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| Focusing on the countries people? |
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| Dance that originated in the black areas of Argentina? |
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| Dance that originated in the poor black areas of Brazil? |
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| Artist who painted frescos displaying the lives of people in latin america? |
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Taking over a foreign countries utility in your country due to the fact that the home country isn't benefitting?
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| why doesn't the US retaliate when mexico natinalizes the us oil industry in mexico? |
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| good neighbor policy(FDR) |
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| organization est. by truman to get rid of communism in Latin America? |
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| Organization of American States (OAS) |
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| Why does the cold war in Latin America begin? |
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| Truman and the CIA believe latin america nationalizing is communism. |
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| what stated that communism was a foreign invader and america had the rights to invade? |
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| Nationalist who was elected president of Guatamala. Promised to get rid of poverty and iliteracy. Worked especially with indians (mayans) who worked on german coffee ships and land owned by United Fruit Company? |
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| When Arbenz nationalized the United fruit Company, which powerful investors tried to get him out by a proxy froce? |
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The Dulles' brothers:
John Foster Dulles (Sec. of State)
Alan Dulles (Head of CIA) |
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| A foreign government training the people of a country to fight against their home country. |
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| BENEFITS of a proxy force: |
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1. don't get your hands dirty
2. something goes wrong you can deny involvment
3. gives impression that it doesn't involve outer bodies |
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| Military Dictator of Cuba who was very corupt but a good friend of the US? |
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| Attempted to get rid of Batista. Was deported to Mexico. Lead Cuban revolution in 1956 with his brother Rauel. |
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| Which fellow communist did Fidel Castro meet while deported to Mexico? Also an Argentinian doctor. |
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| What type of warfare do the revolutionaries engage in? |
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| After revolutionaries took Havana, Cuba became a ________ government? |
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| Why does Castro nationalize American oil companies? |
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| American rigs refused to process soviet oil (soviet oil is cheaper) |
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| Who does Castro sell nationalized (american and european) sugar to? |
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| JFK and CIA train a proxy force and land where in Cuba? |
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| Why is the bay of pigs unsucessful? |
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| Farmer tips off Cuban government and proxy is defeated. |
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| Who is using the cuban jungle to host nuclear missiles? |
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| US blockades Cuba so Soviets couldn't put missiles there causing russia to back down? |
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| Communist who was elected leader of Chile, nationalized foreign companies. CIA aided opponents to run against him and he still won. They trained proxy force to assassinate him. |
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| Which corupt family ruled Nicaragua? |
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| What did the Somoza's do with the relief money they recieved from the earthquake that hit Manugua? |
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| Who founded the ESLN or Sandinistas? |
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| What was the purpose of the ESLN?(sandinistas) |
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| Get rid of the Somoza family |
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| What most wanted person in the US are the sandinistas named after? |
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| After Fonseca is killed in the bloody civil war that causes the somoza to flee, what type of government takes over? |
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| To fight the communists in Nicaragua, Regan aided the argentinian? |
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Contras or contrarrevolutiones
(counter revolutionaries) |
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| The training of contras in Argentina by the US leads to the? |
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| What is the Iran contra affair? Why is it bad? |
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| It's illegal to support counter revolutionaries so US sold weapons to Iran (at war with Iraq) to release US hostages and when they were done the iranians gave their weapons to the contras. Also Illegal to sell weapons to Iran |
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| Formed to increase indian's power (mostly well-educated and wealthy) |
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| How did the indian's benefit the British during WWII? How does it hurt them and cause them to want freedom? |
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| Indians were forced to fight with the British and India produced food for Indian and British soliders. Causing people in India to starve. |
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| Used a civil, non-violent way of handling things, fasted, wore traditional indian clothing and fasted. |
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| Into what 3 ways is India split when it receives freedom from Britain? |
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| India Proper(hindu), Pakistan(muslim), and East Pakistan(muslim) |
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| What do the muslims form so they get a say in the mostly hindu government of India? |
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| What is East Pakistan changed to? |
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| Why does a radical militant hindu assassinate Gandhi? |
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| Said Gandhi didn't take a higher stand against Pakistan and his non-violence was wrong. |
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| Pakistan and India both wanted? had land and nuclear bombs in? |
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| First African colony to decolonize. Boycotted british goods. |
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| Leader of Ghana during decolonization? |
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| Became independent from Belgium after 80 years. Had civil War over power struggle. |
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| Leader of congo during decolonization |
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| Last two colonies to be decolonized in Africa. Freed from Portugal. They fought for freedom. |
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| Which two global military powers denounce colonization? |
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| After the war which country is the only remaining world power? |
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| What rises in colonized countries? |
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| American and British leaders called for ____ _______and _____ _______ around the world? |
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| free elections and global democracy |
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| South Africa became independent from _____. Still had a ruling minority of white people. |
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| Prevented africans from owninf land? |
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| Must have a passport to trvel through "white" areas of south africa? |
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| Which white party is in power of south Africa? |
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| the nationalist party(white) came to power and instigated a _____ or legalized segregation? |
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| Wanted to advance freedom in south africa? |
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| African national congress |
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| African police opened fire on protestors. |
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| Leader of the ANC who was jailed for involvement. |
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| Why did whites get away with segregation? |
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| What action happens that allows for africans to take control of south africa? |
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| the fall of the soviet union |
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| South africa holds free elections under which white president? |
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| Who is elected president of south Africa? |
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| The thawing of the cold war, where the US and USSR become more friendly and china and USSR split ties. |
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| Communism created rivalries |
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| Leader of Soviet Union when it falls. eventually taken hostage. |
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| Which part of germany breaks away first and causes the berlin to fall |
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| Leader of new russia in 1991 |
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| proposed by us official,wanted to completely destroy German gov. Stalin for it. Truman rejected it. |
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