Truman and the Cold War Response Sheet Part 1: The Truman Doctrine Use Site 1 to answer the following questions. Read paragraph 2 of Truman’s speech. 1. Conflicts in what two nations led Truman to make his speech? I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek Government. Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet. Since 1940‚ this industrious
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the Sino-Japanese war explain why the situation did not change after US intervention‚ and without these events the nature of the conflict for China could have been much more positive. An example of such an event is the Xian incident in 1936; Chiang Kai-Shek was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang and put under house arrest‚ forcing to fight the Japanese instead of the CCP. The CCP before this point had just completed the long march. Due to this it is possible that the GMD would have defeated the CCP at this
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American Studies Unit Test Study Guide 8 Cold War Conflicts * Communism: state controlled all property and economic activity; totalitarian government with no opposing parties * Capitalism: private citizens controlled all economic activity; people vote * Distrust: (USSR) Stalin resented the Western Allies’ delay in attacking the Germans in Europe and US’s secret development of Atomic bomb; (US) Stalin’s 1939 non-aggression pact with Hitler‚ and he prevented free elections in Poland
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population could be used to an advantage. Chiang Kai-Shek later agreed that a longer war would work better in China’s favor. China was able to implement some of its defensive plans before the war broke out and a defensive strategy was being planned. The plan for a protracted war was moderately successful as they were able to persevere during 1937 and years to come. According to Mitter (124)‚ after the fall of Shanghai and with the impending fall of Nanjing‚ Chiang was busy making further plans for the
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control of territory in Asia beginning in the 1930s. The status of the territories Japan gained before and during World War II was the subject of the Cairo Conference held in Egypt in November 1943. The Allied leaders at the conference included Chiang Kai-shek from China‚ U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt‚ and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Postwar Korea When Stalin declared war on Japan during the last days of World War II‚ he moved his troops quickly to invade Manchuria and the Kurile
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I ONLY ENTERED THIS PAPER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify‚ define and interpret Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food‚ beliefs‚ dress‚ language‚ music‚ festivals‚ art‚ holidays‚ religion‚ behaviors‚ values‚ rituals‚ manners Ethnic – race‚ origin‚ religion‚ culture‚ common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe‚ people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality Diversity – different cultures‚ broad range of differences Prejudice
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The May 4th Movement in China The first Cultural Revolution of China’s 20th century began with the May Fourth Movement on May 4th‚ 1919. The May Fourth Movement in China was an anti-imperialist‚ cultural‚ and political movement. Although it physically began on May 4‚ 1919‚ it actually lasted from about 1917 until 1923. It marked the rapid rise of Chinese Nationalism as well as a re-evaluation of Confucianism. The movement was sparked by the dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
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CHAPTER 24 KEY TERMS Triple Entente- o An alliance with Britain‚ France and Russia… o It later included Serbia‚ Japan‚ Italy‚ Portugal‚ Romania and Greece and eventually the U.S. This was an alliance formed in WWI o Because fought other ones and this alliance pulled other people into the war • Central Powers- o Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. o Germany went to war b/c Russia went to war b/c Russia was backing the Serbs • Arch
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History has many significant wars and events‚ one of the most recent and memorable to people today is the Cold War. The Cold War took place from 1945-1991 and was a long conflict between the USSR and the United States in which both countries undermined the other but no actual violence took place‚ it led to the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ it caused China to ally with the Soviets‚ and it ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in 1991. After World War II‚ the Cold War began which was
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Class discussion 10/24 The middle kingdom – an idea that china was at the center of the world‚ therefore they were the most civilized Everything started from the chinese Very ethnocentric (an idea that elevates your own groups opposed to others) This was true about the efficient beaurcratic system political unity for over 2‚000 years engineering accomplishments (great wall‚ grand canal) agriculture was efficient confucious philosophical concepts art and its functions the people majority
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