Korean & Vietnam War Flashcards

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Stuff to know about the Korean War

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Domino Theory

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Vietcong

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Stuff to know about the Vietnam War battles

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Stuff to know about the anti-war movement

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Vietnamization

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Nixon Doctrine

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Khmer Rouge

The sites of the atrocities are commonly referred to as the Killing Fields.

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Aung San Suu Kyi

In Myanmar (formerly called Burma), the military ruled through dictatorship. Aung San Suu Kyi was instrumental in a nonviolent protest movement for democracy and human rights. Despite winning the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, she spent over a decade as a political prisoner. After being freed in 2010, she won a parliament seat in 2012. Denied holding the presidency, in 2016 she gained some executive power with the title of state counselor.

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How did Southeast Asia gain autonomy?

Answer: After the Age of Imperialism, Southeast Asia was controlled by European nations. However, as imperialism became expensive and unpopular, countries gained their own rule (autonomy).

1. The United States fought to control the Philippines in a bloody conflict c1900. The Philippines gained their independence in 1946. Ferdinand Marcos is a leader you should know. He stole from the people, and was exiled after he refused to accept the results of an election he lost in 1986.

2. Indonesia is a complex network of islands in the Pacific. It is one of the most culturally diverse places in the world. Indonesia was controlled by the Dutch, and then the Japanese. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian independence movement. After World War II, he declared the region independent. Despite a Dutch attempt to regain the territory, Indonesia remained independent by 1949. Under the dictator Suharto, Indonesia was ruled by the military, and many suspected communists were executed.

In the twenty-first century, the most practiced religion in Southeast Asia has become Islam.