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Asia Before 1950 Flashcards

1
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How were the Philippines a model state

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Bell trade act 1946
The us profited from this despite the negative effect on the Philippines economy
Military bases on the Philippines
Clark Field and Subic bay

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What was the Defense perimeter strategy

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A line of Defense through the pacific the the is vowed to defend. However when it was proposed Dean Acheson failed to specify that Korea was included

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3
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Jiang retreated to

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Taiwan

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4
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What was the San Francisco treaty of 1951

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Gave Japan its sovereignty

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5
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NSC-68

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From The national security council
Tripled us Defense spending in order to combat communism dominating Asia and Europe

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6
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How much did the us invest in the phillipines

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$620 billion

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7
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Name the ways that the phillipines were not a good model state for the us

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Roxas corruption- elected in 1946 with us support as the first president of independent Philippines. Was willing to give the us any economic or territorial concessions they wanted which lead to the bell trade act in 1946 which devastated the Filipino economy which led to the HUK rebellion
HUK Rebellion- lasted from 1949-1951
Communist uprising
Truman administration gave Roxas $7.2 mil in military aid

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8
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Why did the huk rebellion fail

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Didn’t spread out of central Luzon
Alienated villagers with brutality
Even with numbers of 12000 in 1950 they were overwhelmed by the support sent from the us to the capitalist government

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9
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What was the bell trade act 1946

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Philippine trade act
Only foreign goods they were allowed to buy were us goods
Filipinos couldn’t sell any goods that could ‘could come into substantial competition’ with American manufactured goods

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10
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China aid act 1948

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Gave Jiang $125 mil

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11
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How did the British defeat the Malayan communist

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Hearts and minds programme-
Overwhelming numbers 16220
Fortified villages

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12
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Ideas from Potsdam

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USSR would receive territory in return for joining the war against Japan
USSR would not have control of Korea
Indochina was divided between the North(china) and the south (Britain)

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13
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Idea from yalta

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USA promised to give USSR territory if it joined war against Japan

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14
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When did Japan gain their independence

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1952

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15
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What was the name of the Malayan communists

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MNLA

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16
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Name of the uprising in Malaya

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Emergency

17
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Leader of North Korea

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Kim il Sung

18
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How was Japan a good model state

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War crimes trials held
Pro-Us politicians elected
New democratic election
Zaibatsu were broken up such as Mitsubishi
Land reform act 1946

19
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When did china fall to the communists

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October 1949

20
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When was the huk rebellion

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1949-51

21
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When did the federation of malaya gain its independence

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1957

22
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Name of the communist Chinese leader

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Mao

23
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How was Japan not a good model state

A

Zaibatsus reformed
Democracy not widely accepted
The position of women in society

24
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When did Japan invade china

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1937

25
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When was elections held in malaya

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1954

26
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How did the democratic elections effect the MNLA

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Crushed them as they weren’t an democratic party

27
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How many MNLA members were there in 1951

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7000

28
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Who was behind the hearts and minds programme

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Templar

29
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Why did mao win the Chinese civil war

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Japanese invasion
Communist appeals to the peasantry
Jiang lost middle class support
Jiangs mistakes
Communist military strengths
Maos leadership skills

30
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How did the Japanese invasion impact the Chinese civil war

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China was invaded by Japan in 1937
Jiang nationalists were unable to defeat the Japanese making them look weak and costing them money.
Mao wanted wanted to defeat Jiang more than the Japanese

31
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How did the communist appeals to the peasantry allow Mao to win the communist civil war

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Landlords(10% of the population )owned 70% of land
Rent was expensive. Paid in crops
Mao promised land reform

32
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How did chiangs loss of support from the middle classes influence maos win of the Chinese civil war

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Use of secret police
Corrupt bureaucracy
Hyperinflation- as money lost it value it effected their savings
Jiang and Mao refused to work together

33
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What are jiangs mistakes that influenced his loss of the Chinese civil war

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Corrupt officers
High levels or desertion-70%
Low morale
Communist spies-assistant chief of staff, military generals
Strategic errors- focused on Manchuria

34
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How the communist military strengths cause them to win the Chinese civil war

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Eight rules of conduct-treat civilians well
Use of Guerrilla tactics to destroy enemy morale
Very able generals- ZhuDe

35
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How did maos leadership skills allow him to win the Chinese civil war

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Very popular with ordinary people mainly due to social and economic policy’s
Flexible on issues such as land reform
Focus on Chinese nationalism

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