Finishing presentations this week. got like 5 people left. then bruns will take half of wednesday and thursday to talk about other stuff up-to-date (persian gulf wars and war on terror). and semester tests are on friday and monday.
semester test blog should include:
1. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
2. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
3. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
4. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
7. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
8. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.
btw, effects of the great depression and impact of the great depression are pretty much the same thing.
gotta keep answers breif, only got 10 minutes per person for the test itself. keep to the basics.
china didnt want to be isolated. fearful of us because of what happerend to vietnam. china had the smallest weaponry/ didnt want to worsen relations with soviets.
soviets had poor living conditions and bad relations with china. put money from home supplies into making weapons.
usa....somethings.
strategic arms and limitation talks. or, SALT1.
peace talks were held to limit the number of newly created nuclear weapons.
Salt2.-an experiment of negotiations between jimmy carter and leanid brezinev. lasted form 1977 to 1979. SALT2 Treaty banned new missile programs. never ratified because right then the soviets invaded afghanistan.
Nixon's Visit to China.
feb 21, 1972. no one expected it....totally random. he went to the People's Republic of China- they had been isolated from the usa since 1949.
he stayed for a week and left after shaking hands with Mao Zedong.
pres nixon activated communications through warsaw, poland. the polish ambasador refused at first, but then agreed. they used the yugoslavian embassy. a fashion show?
had to go through these countries, couldnt just go straight to china. did not know who the chinese leaders were really. found the chinas at the show, asked about opening communications.
then had supper with pakistand leaders, who agreed to cooperate. one month later, pakistani pres met with zao en lai, who opted to think about it for a while.
Henry Kissihger was Nixon's National Security dude. he went to pakistan before nixon did. operation marco polo. he had supper, left halfway through to go to the bathroom, a look alike came out and finished the supper, kissihger left on a flight at midnight. 6 months later, nixon went to china.
talks in beijing were successful. they were about control of North Vietnam. we wanted china to take that over, but PRC had no interest in it. Our being at war with North Vietnam- china told us to pull out cuz they were allies with North Vietnam. The Chinese wanted to talk about their relations with the soviets- they were really scared of the soviets, and if they had no relations with the usa, then they were doomed. Both the usa and the prc recognized the ussr as a threat, which is why the talks were able to happen. China also wanted Taiwan.
the talks are said to be among the greatest accomplishments of pres nixon. we gained a new friend rather than an enemy in china. greatly raised his approval rating. the trip shocked the world. The main objective was to prevent more nuclear war, or just war. Very Successful. a stepping stone to the salt treaties. A smart move, that could have ended very badly.
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