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Chinese Civil War
China Was Divided Into 2 Nations -
Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi)
Became the Leader of Nationalist China (Island of Taiwan) -
Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao)
Became the Leader of Communist China (Mainland China) -
Battle at Dien Bien Phu
The Vietnamese Defeated the French and Pushed Them Out of Vietnam -
Ho Chi Minh
Became the Leader of Communist North Vietnam -
The United States
Applied the Containment Theory to Ending Communism in Vietnam by Sending Troops in to Fight -
Indria Gandhi (Indian President)
Developed a Closer Relationship With the Soviet Union and Developed a Nuclear Program -
The Paris Peace Accords
Ended the Fighting in Vietnam by the United States -
North Vietnam Defeated South Vietnam
Vietnam was Reunited as a Communist Country -
Deng Xiaoping (Chinese Leader)
Reformed Communist China's Economy to a Market Economy Leading to Rapid Economic Growth, but Kept Communist Control of the Government -
Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister)
Close Relationship With the United States -
Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader)
Instituted Policies of Glasnost and Perestroika Which Led to the Fall of the Soviet Union -
Berlin Wall Came Down
East and West Germany Re-Unified -
Soviet Union
Economic Collapse and Break-up
