1. Communism and War in Asia 5/9/16

2. Packets for WHC Essay O Your packets are DUE today! O I have posted your Outlines for your essay on classroom and on my Eagan page O Your outlines are due NEXT MONDAY for peer review! O Next Tuesday, the 17 th, is your WHC Essay

4. Japan Transformed O Occupation forces led by the U.S. enacted reforms for democracy. O Japan and U.S. singed a peace treaty: maintain military bases in Japan O Democracy took root & new exports brought back economy

5. China’s Communist Revolution O Mao Zedong created totalitarian state: People’s Republic of China O Rule in Communist China: O Great Leap Forward: failure, killed millions O Cultural Revolution: Millions either killed (1.5 mil), beaten, tortured, exiled, etc.

6. Video Clip O Cultural Revolution in China 1966

7. China in the Cold War O 1960’s Soviets & China’s alliance fell apart O U.S. saw opportunity to isolate Soviets and created better relations with China O 1971: China replaced Taiwan in United Nations O 1979: U.S. set up formal diplomatic relations with China

8. War in Korea O After WWII, Korea divided along 38 th Parallel O Both leaders wanted to reunite Korea O 1950: North Korea attacked South O U.S. led United Nations in a force to help South Korea O China sent troops to help North Korea O 1953: stale mate, armistice signed, DMZ created, no official peace agreement, North and South Korea established

11. Indochina After WWII O French forces reclaimed Indochina. O Guerrilla forces led by Communist Ho Chi Minh pushed French out of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. O 1954: Vietnam became Cold War problem O International conference agreed to division of Vietnam O Ho Chi Minh received North Vietnam and South Vietnam ruled by a leader backed by the U.S.

13. The Vietnam War O 1960’s: Viet Cong: Communist guerilla fighters enter South Vietnam O U.S. afraid of the “domino theory” sent first supplies then troops O 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed President Johnson to proceed in war O Guerilla fighting, jungles of Vietnam, and support of villagers made them military targets

15. The Vietnam War O 500,000 American troops committed to war through draft O Tet Offensive 1968: guerrilla forces came out of the jungles and attacked American and South Vietnamese forces in cities all across the south O 1973: Fierce antiwar opinion in America pushes Nixon to negotiate Paris Peace Accord, withdraw troops O Two years later, North Vietnam conquered South