World 1

World War II

By James123
  • Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism

    Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism

  • Two major powers: The united States and U.S.S.R

    Two major powers: The united States and U.S.S.R

  • West Berlin - Democratic government

    West Berlin - Democratic government

  • Japan- U.S occupation -Democracy -Dominant Economy

    Japan- U.S occupation -Democracy -Dominant Economy

  • International cooperative organizations - United Nations - Warsaw pact

    International cooperative organizations - United Nations - Warsaw pact

  • Cold War - The Yalta conference -Soviet Control of Eastern Europe

    Cold War - The Yalta conference -Soviet Control of Eastern Europe

  • Winston Churchill "iron curtain"

    Winston Churchill "iron curtain"

  • President Truman and the Policy of Containment

    President Truman and the Policy of Containment

  • Declaration of Human Rights - code of conduct for the treatment of people

    Declaration of Human Rights - code of conduct for the treatment of people

  • Organization and the Warsaw pact -Military alliance( NATO)

    Organization and the Warsaw pact -Military alliance( NATO)

  • Chinese Civil War

    Chinese Civil War

    China was divided into two nations
  • Chiang Kai-Shek

    Chiang Kai-Shek

    Became the leader of nationalist China
  • Mao-Tse tung

    Mao-Tse tung

    Became leader of Communist China
  • Marshall Plan - The European Recovery Program - Europe Rebuilds

    Marshall Plan - The European Recovery Program - Europe Rebuilds

  • Korean Conflict -38th parallel - policy of containment

    Korean Conflict -38th parallel - policy of containment

  • Battle at Dien Bien Phu

    Battle at Dien Bien Phu

    The Vietnamese defeated the French and pushed them out of Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh

    Ho Chi Minh

    Became the leader of Communist North Vietnam
  • Vietnam War- Domino Theory

    Vietnam War- Domino Theory

  • The United States

    Applied the containment theory to ending communism in Vietnam by sending troops to fight
  • Deterrence

    Deterrence

    the belief of having many nuclear weapons
  • Berlin Wall -division between east and west

    Berlin Wall -division between east and west

  • Cuban Missile - brought world to the brink of nuclear war in October

    Cuban Missile - brought world to the brink of nuclear war in October

  • The Paris Peace Accords

    The Paris Peace Accords

    Ended the fighting in Vietnam by the united states
  • North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam

    North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam

    Vietnam was reunited as a communist country
  • Deng Xiaoping

    Deng Xiaoping

    Reformed Communist China's economy to a market economy leading rapid economic growth , but kept communist control of the government
  • Margaret Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher

    close relationship withe the united states
  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Instituted policies of glasnost and perestroika which led to the fall of the soviet union
  • Berlin Wall came down

    Berlin Wall came down

    East and West Germany re-unified
  • Soviet Union

    Soviet Union

    Economic collapse and Break-up
  • Indira Ghandi

    Indira Ghandi

    developed a closer relationship with the soviet union and developed a nuclear program