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korean war + The Maoist years Flashcards

1
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what was the after result of korean war

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after US and China became more antagonistic (why we still have to talk about it)

-north korea has nuclear weapons that can reach the west

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why did China enter the korean war

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becaus ethey were worried US would get to close to manchuria frp, Korea borderline.

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can china claim victory with korea wear

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yes because they took on the US, so in that sense they can claim some victory

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what is korean war often called

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forgitten war because it is overshadowed by others

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did korean war end with a peace traty

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no, only ceasefire agreement (armstice) no peace treaty

technically war is only paused

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6
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did people want the korean war

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no

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7
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how many chinese troops were killed in korean war

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1 million

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what was estbalished before the korean war

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division of the korean penniinsula at the 38th parallel. it was agreed upon by US and soviet union

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why was kim il sung more easily influenced by communist ideas

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like lost names, the dad who was anti japanese and lived better in china which has more communist influence

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what was cold war

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arms race beween US and soviet inion also led space race

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what led up to cold war

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1)arms race
2)ideological confrontation (communims vs capitalism)
3)both sides had seperate allies that they were building up

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why was china a tricky ally for soviet union

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because stalin did not like mao (thought he was a country bumpkin)
-US denied meeting with Mao so Mao settled with soviet union

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who was syngman rhee

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south korean leader guy who was backed by US

he was very pro america

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when did korean war start

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1950, US joined two days later

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what was the catalyst for the war

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syngman rhee provoked korea “we could take north korea in three days”
-kim il sung sent troops crossing 38th parallel

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16
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did south korea have enough troops of their own to fight

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no, they needed help

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what was macarthurs attutude towards korean war

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he was ery confident they could win war with two divisions

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what was chiang kai sheks offer to truman

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give him troops in hopes of US winning and letting KMT leave taiwan back into china

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what was their smug talk over during korean war

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unleashing chiang kai shek (unrelaitic he was not valuable did not have a lot of troops either)

20
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how did chiense (PRC) troops crossing the yalu river change the nature of the war

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in the beginning it was a civil war when US and China got involved it necame a proxy war.

-hot war in cold war
-became international

21
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was macaruthru a general during all the korean war

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No, dismissed from UN commander in chief and by truman when war was not progressing as orignally thought

22
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when was armistice

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1953

23
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what was significance of korean war

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-deepening of sino-american hostility
-japan was a new ally and benefit to japans economy (korea got mats from Japan)
-south korea as testing ground for democracy

24
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what two campaigns came before the great leap forward

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hundred flowers campaign and anti rightist campaign

25
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what was the second five year plan

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the great leap forward

26
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did the second five year plan last for the full five years

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no, came to an arubpt end because it was unsuccesful

27
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why was their more emphasis on self reliance in 2nd five year plan

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because of sino soviet split and western economic embargo,

China and soviet nion fell out. former soviet union had lots of clashes

28
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was anti rightist campagn still happening at start of great leap forward. what did it lead to

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yes, which caused people to be less likely to speak out about inability to work and fulfll rolls

led to inflated quota so unrelaistic expectations from gov

people died from famine in country

29
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what were backyward furnances, what era was it during

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during great leap forward

-in small areas of villages people were asked to set up furnaces to produc steel for industrialization

30
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was there famine and stravtion during great leap forward

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yes. not all land is fertile and govnt did not care (irrational reliance on human capital)

31
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first five year plan focused on _____ and then there was a switch to ______

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urban; rural

32
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what did mao want china to rely on

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its own people

33
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what was china’s ultimate/final goal

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to catch up to england in 15 years (haha) unrealistic goal

34
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why was mao so confient in himself

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becauuse from mao’s perspective he led the commy’s to victory against all odds

35
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what did mao do in 1959 when great leap forward was failing

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stepped down, then came back as chairman during cultutal revolution

36
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what was the cultural revolution in reality

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a power struggle

37
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what was end of cultural revolution marked by

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mao’s death

38
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what was idea bheind cultural revolution

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-get rid of old culture (ie confucianism)
-in reality power struggle at top level of govnt between mao and his right arms

39
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what was mao worried about by his right hand men

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that they would bring back capitalisn

40
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why did cultural revolution get out of ontrol

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because it was orgnazed by young people

41
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who were the red guards

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during cultural revolution

-intellectuals and party officials were removed

-if you did not like someone, get rud of them

42
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idealogical indotrination during cultural revolution

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first hour of class was deicated to learning Mao ideas/praise mao

-of course they would want to rebel

-program youth

43
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communists puritanism

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all women dress the same, same hair, no makeup

-follow communism by all conventions

44
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outcome and consequence of cultural revolution domestically

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economic stagnation

45
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outcome and consequence of cultural revolution internationally

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cold war isolation

46
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what caused the nixon shock

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he went to china

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