1945- Present Day Flashcards
French Revolution-6.4
-started from inequalities in French society
-1st and 2nd estates vs 3rd estate
-4 constitutions
-ended during age of napoleon
African imperialism- 7.7
-nearly whole continent imperialized
-started with Belgium
-enslaved to produce rubber
-Ethiopia and Liberia free
Holocaust- 8.10
took place during world war 2
-part 1- segregation of Jews
-part 2- killing squads through Poland
-part 3- putting all discriminated against into concentration or death camps
Division of Berlin/ Berlin Wall- 9.1
-capitalism vs communism
-east vs west Germany/ Berlin
-separated friends and families
-Berlin wall stood til 1989
NATO vs Warsaw Pact- 9.2
-military alliances
-north Atlantic treaty organization
-Warsaw- Soviet version of NATO
-Warsaw dissolved with SU
Korean War- 9.3
-north vs south
-communist vs democratic
-ended with DMZ
-proxy war
Cuban Missile Crisis- 9.4
-Fidel Castro
-2 week period of possible nuclear war
-US sent into DEFCON2
-no one wanted to use missiles first
Vietnam War- 9.5
domino theory
-north vs south
-start of end of war
-south fell to communist north
Afghanistan Conflict- 9.6
-civil war in Afghanistan
-USA helped
-lasted 9 years
-taliban eventually took over
Creation of Israel- 9.8
-satisfied Zion movement
-creation of Jewish state
-land taken from Palestine
-Jews vs Muslims
Decolonization of Africa- 9.9
-independence given from Europe
-no help given to rebuild
-racial separation
-1st was Ghana
Decolonization of India- 9.10
-split India into India and Pakistan
-Hindu vs Muslim
-most fall into dictatorships
-partition wasn’t released til after Britain
Green Revolution- 9.11
-agricultural advancement
-from modern world
-use of fertilizer and pesticides
-increased food supply
