Timeline #2 Flashcards

1
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Oct. 1945*

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Moscow Confernce of Forgein Minsisters

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2
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1947

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Japan’s New constition

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3
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Feb. 28, 1948

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228 Incident / Tawain/ White Terror Campaign

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4
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April 8, 1948*

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President Truman orders WITHDRAWL OF US TROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA

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5
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1946 -1948

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Tokyo War Crimes Trials

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6
Q

1949

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The people’s Liberation Army (PLA)

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7
Q

Jan. 14, 1950*

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Zhou Enlai Signs a SINO-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP TREATY in Moscow

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8
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June 25, 1950*

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Korean War

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9
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Sep. - Oct. 1950*

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Yalu River

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10
Q

April 11, 1951*

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President Truman relives Gen. MacArthur of Duty

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11
Q

Oct. 1951*

A

PLA reasserts Chinese control over tibet

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12
Q

1952*

A

land reform - 5 year plan

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13
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July 27, 1953*

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Korea armistice - Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

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14
Q

1954*

A

Geneva Conference

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15
Q

1957*

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The Hundred Flowers Movement

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16
Q

1958-60*

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The Great Leap Foward

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17
Q

August 23, 1958*

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PRC bombardment of Quemoy

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18
Q

May 1959

A

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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19
Q

1960*

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Sino-Soviet split

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20
Q

Sept., 1960,

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Le Duan as head of North Vietnam

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21
Q

1961*

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Liu Shaoqui (supported by Deng Xiaopipng) openely challenges Mao - Wu Han Writes and produces Hai Rui Dismissed From Office

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22
Q

Sept., 1962*

A

Agent Orange

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23
Q

May, 1963

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“Buddhist Crisis”

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24
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1963*

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Socialist Education Campagin - Lei Feng - Quotations from Mao Zedong (aka ‘The Little Red Book’)

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25
Q

1964

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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26
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1965*

A

Yao Wenyuan (a member of the gang of four)

27
Q

1965*

A

Operation Rolling Thunder

28
Q

1966***

A

Great Proleterian Cultural Revolution

29
Q

April, 1967*

A

Vietnam War Protests

30
Q

1968

A

Tet Offensive

31
Q

1968*

A

Sent-down to the countryside for ‘re-education’ by the peasants

32
Q

March 16, 1968*

A

My Lai - U.S massacre on more than 500 Civilians

33
Q

1969*

A

Hamburger Hill

34
Q

1969 - 1972**

A

Vietnamization

35
Q

1969 - 1970

A

“Operation Menu”

36
Q

June, 1970

A

Repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

37
Q

1971***

A

‘Ping-pong diplomacy’

38
Q

March - October, 1972

A

Easter Offensive

39
Q

1972*

A

US President Ricahard nixon conducts a state visit to china - “One China Policy” important dipolmatic document called Shanghai Communique

40
Q

January, 1973*

A

Paris Peace Accords

41
Q

Feb. - April, 1973*

A

Operation Homecoming

42
Q

April, 1975*

A

Fall of Saigon

43
Q

1976***

A

Zhou Enlai dies - Tiananmen Incident - Mao Zedong dies - Gang of Four are arrested

44
Q

1978*

A

Deng Xiaoping purses the Four Modernizations - ‘Democracy Wall’

45
Q

1978*

A

Deng Xiaoping purses the Four Modernizations - ‘Democracy Wall’

46
Q

1979*

A

Chinas’s New “open door Polices

47
Q

1980 - 81***

A

Gang of Four are tried and Convicted

48
Q

1982*

A

‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’

49
Q

1984

A

Sino-British Joint Declaration

50
Q

1986*

A

Democracy Movement

51
Q

1987*

A

Hu Yaobang is blamed by Deng Xiaoping for political unrest and removed from office

52
Q

1989***

A

Tiananmen Square - “Tiananmen Square Incident”

53
Q

1990*

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White Lily Movement - Hong Kong Basic Law - Special Administrative Region (SAR)

54
Q

1992*

A

“1992 Consensus” - Deng Xiaoping’s Souther Tour

55
Q

1994*

A

Three-Gorges Dam

56
Q

1995*

A

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

57
Q

1997*

A

The Handover

58
Q

2000*

A

First peaceful transfer of power

59
Q

2001*

A

World Trade Organization (WTO)

60
Q

2007

A

Urban land use law

61
Q

2008*

A

Wenchuan EarthQuake - Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

62
Q

2011*

A

Fukushima nuclear accident

63
Q

2014*

A

Sunflower Movement

64
Q

2015*

A

Xi Jinping - Ma Ying-Jeou meet in Singapore