decolonization Flashcards
how many people lived under colonial rule in 1945
1/3 of all
what did the dutch east indies become after the revolt in 1949
Indonesia
when are the Belgian forced out of congo
1960
what did the portugeese have, when gave it up
Mozambique and Angola and gave up in 1974-5
what happens to Rhodesia in 1979
all the whites there overthrow the brits and rule
where were the two largest empires
British and french
who led the indian national congress
Ghandi
when was indian independence started
1947
why was pakistan made
Muslims wanted a holy land and they took it from Hindu Indians
How was bangladesh created
East and west pakistans fought and east split off and calls itself bangladesh
When were burma and Sri Lanka freed
1948
when was ghana and nigeria freed
late 1950s
algeria problem with independence
a lot of the people there were european orgin
what is the national liberation front
algerian formed gorrilla attack government
when did the algerian civil war break out
1954
who came back to french to be president
De gaulle who made the 5th french republic that made the president stronger
How does Degaulle deal with Algeria
Held a refferendum and population said to grant algeria independence in 1962
what did the newly freed algerian government do
muslims murdered a lot of people
when did french lose indo china
1954
who led attacks in french indo china against french
Ho chi minh and communist party
ending of french indo china war
ho chi minh accepted half the country, knowing he will take the other half
who turned ugada into hell holw
Idi amin
What is the breadbasket of africa
Rhodesia
who ran zimbabwe
mugabe
what is existentialism
“whats the point of living”
who started existentialism (2 people)
Nietzsche and Kierkegaard
major existientialism people
Heidegger and Jaspers and Sarter and camus
when was nato signed as a treaty
1949
how many countries were included by 1955 in nato
15 including west germany
what was the goal of nato: Major
Keep the russians out, the germans down and the americans in
what was the counter to the nato aggreements
the warsaw pact of the easternish places
what did stalin do to make west berlin look worse than actually is
he cut all land routes to west berlin
what did egyptian president Nasser do in 1956
he nationalized(stole) the suez canal
What did the french and brits do against the suez canal
made a secret attack on the Egyptians without The us involvement from nato
what was the result of the suez canal
brits and french had to leave, very embarressing
what did the disaster of suez canal show
There is no european great power anymore
what was khruschevs secret speech
in 1956 and it denounced some of stalins policys and especially the purges
what actions did khruschevs take to denounce stalin
removed all of stalins people from power and renamed stalingrad
what did Hungry do in the wake of poland and kruschev
called for independent communist state; pull out of warsaw pact
who was the leader of hungry when the resistance happened
nagy
when does the berlin wall go up
1961
who helped korea beat up north korea
British
what starts the decline of the soviets
They invade afghanistan in 1979
what pope was committed to anticomunism
Pope John Paul II in 1978
who led a strike at the Gdansk shipyard
Lech Walesa in 1980
when was polands first election
1981
how long did the first poland election last
2 months
who overthrew Poland in 1981
General Jaruzelski
who was the largest factor in destroying the soviets
Reagan
who comes after Stalin
Cruschevw
who comes after cruschev
Brezhnev
When did Gorbachev take over
1985
How was Gorbachev cruitical
he winded down the cold war and was the first of a younger generation
what was the first crack of the soviet empire
Solidarity candidates appointed in poland and Jaruzelski appointed a non communist prime minister
What did Hungary do after the first crack in the soviet union
they opened their boreders with austria
when did the Berlin wall fall
1989 by demonstrations
Who was the west germany chancellor that wanted reunification
Helmut Kohl
who becomes president of the new non commnist gov of Cechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
where was the only violence in overthrowing communism
Romania
who was the dictator of Romania that fought back
Nicholas Ceausescu
how did Ceausescu fight back in romania
used his private army
what was the brezhnev Doctrine
Soviets have the right to interphere anywhere in the eastern block
when was the Brezhnev doctirne reversed
1989 october
when did free elections happen in soviet
1990
Borris yeltson
fought against Brezhnev for capitilsim
last try for the conservative forces in ussr
August 1991 there was a coup attempt against gorbachev but it quickly left
what replaced the soviet union
the common wealth of independent states
who refused against the common wealth of independent states
the baltics and georgia
what part of russias states succedded
Chechnya
what happens to Chechnya
they tried to succeed but russia sent in and killed everything
who replaces borris yeltson
Vladamire putin
what did yugoslavia represent
Nationalism in reverse, broke up back into its place
who all live in yugoslavia
Croats slovenes serbs monenegrins macedonians and bosnians
why did marshall tito rule as the dictator of yugoslavia
he was a little of each nationality
when did yugoslavia seace to exist
1990
why is bosnia religious traitors
they switched to muslims because they would be higher standing
what was the response to the serbian genocide
NATO planes dropped bombs on serbia
Dayton Peace accord
made serbia recognize bosnia as independent
why did Serbs genocide kosovo
they were trying to leave serbia and serbs tried to remove albanians there to get them to join back
NATO response to serbs genocide
Ground troops to remove the leader Slobodan Miosevic
what is article 5 of nato
when one NATO is attacked, they are all attacked
only time article 5 of nato has been invoked
9/11
