today we continued our cold war presentations.
China and Commuism-
-there was a Chinese civil war that the communist china won and it helped to transform china into a communist country
-in 1946, Gen. George C. Marshall went to china to try and arrange a political settlement.
-this resulted in full scale fighting between the Nationalist and the Communist
-in 1949, Mao Zedong declared Bejing as a communist place and the Nationalist fled to the island of Tawain
-the Communist party promoted the recovery of economy
-the chinese economy grew very rapidly and agricultural production increased greatly
The Long March-
-retreat of the communist party of china
-there were several marches that took place
-during the march, Mao Zedong took control and eliminated enemies
-by this point, all of china was communist and only taiwan was controlled by the nationalist
Causes of the Cold War-
-the US was a democracy and the Soviet Union was communist
-we thought they were going to attack us and they thought we were going to attack them
-Truman and Stalin did not get along but pulled together to help each other during the war
-they argued about power
-the Soviet Unioin wanted an agreement from Germany and the US and Germany wanted to stop the spread of communism
NATO-
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
-it was a governmental military alliance
-started in 1949
-signed by the US, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxemborg, and the UK
-it was signed to help stop the spread of communism
-if one country was invaded, the other countries that signed it would step in and help
-NATO is still around today and with many more member countries
De-stalinization-
-was the process of eliminating everything that stalin did and implemented
-it ended forced labor in the Soviet Union
Peaceful Co-Exsistence-
-communist adopted a foreign policy
-stated that other countries could peacefully exsist
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