Tubular Tuesday, May 6, ‘14
• Take out notebook
• Tape in the handouts (assignments 11 and
12 on TBC)
Notebook Assignment
In one paragraph (min.8 sentences) explain
how the Cold War impacted American and
Soviet culture. Be sure to give at least
two clear examples, using the documents
you have.
Write this on the same page you tape in assignment 12
Agenda
• Warm-Up
• Focus Notes:
– 15-3 – “Communism in E. Asia”
• Homework –
– Study Guide Questions 10-11
– Finish today’s paragraph – if not finished
in class.
– Work on any incomplete notebook
assignments
Chapter 15, Section 3
Communism Spreads in
East Asia
Today’s sTandard
10.9.4
Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of
Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent
political and economic impact of the Great
Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and
the Tiananmen Square incident.
Topic – China and Mao’s Communism
Essential Question
How did China become communist and how
did it effect the lives of the people?
Chinese civil war
1927-1949
• Communists – Led by Mao
Zedong
•Backed by USSR
•Promise of land for peasants
•Nationalists – Led by Jiang
Jieshi
•Backed by U.S.
2 Chinas
(1949)
• People’s Republic of China
(mainland) – Communist
•Lead by Mao
• Republic of China
(Taiwan) – Democracy
•Lead by Jieshi
China & Taiwan (Formosa)
Communist
Nationalists
“GreaT Leap Forward”
• Command Economy –
govt. controls
agriculture and industry
•Collective Farming
•Communal Living –
everyone works
• Poor planning leads to
famine – 20 million die
Wednesday, May 7, ‘14
• Take your seat
• Take out notebook
Precious Time
Quietly use the first 10 minutes of class to
do the following
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3.
4.
Add in Cornell questions
Highlight important information
Add images to your title page
Work on any incomplete notebook
assignments
Agenda
• Warm-Up
• Focus Notes:
– Finish 15-3 FN
• Homework –
– Work on any incomplete
notebook assignments
“cuLTuraL revoLuTion”
• Purging the “4 Olds” –
culture, habits, customs,
and ideas
• 1000s executed for free
thinking
• Schools closed for 10
years to join Red Guard
Thinking about what we just
discussed what does the graph
show us about the Great Leap
Forward?
What can we learn about the
Cultural Revolution?
Tiananmen Square Uprising
“Tank Man”
• Popular Protest on June 1989
• Sparked by the “purge” of
Secretary Hu Yaobang – April
‘89
– Supported Political liberalization
• Est. over 1,000 killed
• Showed the Chinese people
what was really going on.
Happy Thursday, May 8, ‘14
• Take your seat
• Take out notebook
Precious Time
Quietly use the first 10 minutes of class to
do the following
1. Answer the EQ for the last set of notes
2. Add in Cornell questions
3. Highlight important information
4. Add images to your title page
5. Work on any incomplete notebook
assignments
Agenda
• Warm-Up
• Focus Notes:
– 15-4 – “Proxy Wars in East
Asia”
• Homework –
– Study guide questions 12-15
Chapter 15, Section 4
War in Southeast
Asia
Today’s objecTives
Students will be able to…
1. Explain the concept of a proxy
war during class discussion
2. Discuss and identify the causes
and consequences of the Korean
and Vietnam Wars.
Essential Question
Explain what a proxy war is and why
both the Korean and the Vietnam
Wars fall into this category.
Proxy Wars
• a war that results
when two powers use
third parties as
substitutes for fighting each
other directly
• Proxy wars between Democratic
U.S. & Communist U.S.S.R/China
Korean War
Vietnam War
The Korean war: a “poLice
acTion” (1950-1953)
Kim Il-Sung
Syngman Rhee
“Domino Theory”
The Korean war: a “poLice
acTion” (1950-1953)
• North (Communist) vs.
South (non-Communist)
• N. Korea invades w/
Soviet Weapons
• S.Korea, U.S.A., and U.N.
push back to Yalu River
• N. Korea and Chinese
push to 38th
parallel…ceasefire
Domino Theory
Domino Effect
• President Eisenhower saw a rising
threat of Communism spreading
throughout Asia, he was afraid of
what he called the Domino Theory.
s.e.a.t.o.
• Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
• Intended to stop
spread of Communism in
Asia
• U.S. the only real
military power
Ho chi minh
N. Vietnamese Leader
• 1919 – Petitions for
Vietnam’s independence
• 1945 – Leads VietMinh
against Japanese and
declares independence
Vietnamese Declaration of
Independence
“The compatriots of the entire country,
All men are created equal; they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable Rights; among these are
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness…In a broader sense, this
means: All the peoples on the earth are
equal from birth, all the peoples have a
right to live, to be happy and free.”
• French regain
control of Vietnam
after WWII
• 1954 – VietMinh
defeat French and
resort to Communism
VIETNAM WAR
- 1957-1973
•North (Communist) vs.
South (Dictatorship - Diem)
• U.S. supports South
•First sent military
advisors, then troops, and
finally drafting in 1969
Mai Lai
Massacre
Hugh
Thompson Jr.
William Laws
Calley
“You will kill 10 of our men, and we will
kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be
you who tire of it.”
VIETNAMIZATION
1969
•Train & equip Vietnamese
soldiers so America could
withdraw
•Leave in 1975
•Vietnam becomes
Communist
GENOCIDE IN CAMBODIA
• Khmer Rouge
(Communist guerillas)
led by Pol Pot
• Take control in 1975
• All political and civil
rights abolished
• 2 million dead