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Coming Soon…. Extended Bellringer
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Extended Bellringer Part I Who was the leader of North Vietnam? (1 point) Who was the communist leader of Cambodia? (1 point) What was the name of the communist party in Cambodia? (1 point) What was the cause of the Korean war? (1 point) Why was the US and NATO unable to beat the communists in Vietnam? (1 point)
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Extended Bellringer Part II EventHistorical Circumstance (Before) Policy that led to Human Rights Violation Ukraine Cambodia
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Extended Bellringer Part I Who was the leader of North Vietnam? (1 point) – Ho Chi Minh Who was the communist leader of Cambodia? (1 point) – Pol Pot What was the name of the communist party in Cambodia? (1 point) – Khmer Rouge What was the cause of the Korean war? (1 point) – Kim Ill Sung invaded South Korea, US Containment Why was the US and NATO unable to beat the communists in Vietnam? (1 point) – Guerilla Warfare, Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dissent at home, Vietnamese support of Ho Chi Minh
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Extended Bellringer Part II EventHistorical Circumstance (Before) Policy that led to Human Rights Violation UkraineStalin took over USSR, (Great Purge, Russification, Collective Farms, Five Year Plans) – Ukrainians refused work on farms: killed animals/broke equipment Forced famine Millions killed Rest of world recognized Stalin as a dictator CambodiaThird world developing country after WWII, Pol Pot seized power as head of Khmer Rouge, becomes communist Pol Pot targets urban population, intellectuals, exports all food, outlaws living on natural resources, collective farms, killing fields Millions killed Genocide
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Thirty Week Test Please write in correct actions!
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Agenda Bellringer (review HW) Notes: Communism in Latin and South America Exit Ticket Begin homework
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Homework Read 106-115 Answer Key themes and concept questions page 106 and 112
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Objective Students will identify how the cold war affected countries in south and latin America
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Cold War in South America Essential Learning: The Cold War
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South America South America became battleground for democracy vs. communism Why? – Developing and Third World nations were targets for communism – Bad economies make communism look like a good idea – U.S. Policy of containment: not in our hemisphere!
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Argentina
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Import substitution- government encouraged local manufacturers to produce goods at home to replace imports Juan Peron- Dictator, promoted import substitution, had a repressive government
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Argentina (cont’d) State Terrorism – 1976 military government took power – Dirty War- arrested, tortured, and killed thousands of people against the government – Many people just “disappeared.” – Many were young – "The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" marched for their missing children, gained worldwide attention – 1983 elections were held, democratic government came to power in Argentina
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Cuba
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1959 Fidel Castro establishes Communist government Bay of Pigs Disaster- United States backed a plot by anti-Castro exiles to invade Cuba and lead an uprising against Castro, poorly planned plot crushed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 United States imposed a trade embargo on Cuba, combined with Bay of Pigs incident, Castro turned to Soviet Union for help, placed missiles in Cuba, 90 miles away from United States, United States almost went to war 2008 Fidel Castro's brother Raul took power
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Nicaragua
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1979 Sandinistas took power, many in government were communist Sandinistas faced opposition from the Contras a counterrevolutionary group – United States secretly backed Contras 1990 Sandinistas handed over power freely elected President Violeta Chamorro
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Mexico NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement United States, Canada, and Mexico Plan to allow free trade among the three nations Eliminated most tariffs Goal to promote economic cooperation
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Panama
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Manuel Noriega and drug cartels Smuggled drugs into United States, United States troops invaded Panama in 1989 and arrested Noriega Latin American countries are moving from dictatorships to democracies 1977 United States and Panama signed a treaty to turn over Panama Canal to Panama and in the year 2000 the Canal was turned over
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Exit Ticket Argentina – What was Juan Peron’s leadership like? – What is import substitution? – What was life like under the military government? Nicaragua – describe US involvement with Sandinistas. Panama – Why was the Panama canal important to so many countries? What is NAFTA and what are its effects?
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