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An Excessive 650 Question An Excessive 650 Question Packet of ID’sPacket of ID’s

Questions 617 through 638 as Questions 617 through 638 as interpreted by Tiffany Burbainterpreted by Tiffany Burba

617) Solidarity617) Solidarity

1956: Soviets back off from collectivization in 1956: Soviets back off from collectivization in Poland after riotsPoland after riots

Lead by the militant Lech WalesaLead by the militant Lech Walesa A new trade union to push for worker’s rightsA new trade union to push for worker’s rights Undermines communismUndermines communism

618) Lech Walesa618) Lech Walesa

Militant leader Militant leader creates solidaritycreates solidarity

Brezhnev orders Brezhnev orders his movement his movement crushedcrushed

Survived Survived underground and underground and the regime never the regime never had to impose full had to impose full scale terrorscale terror

619) Decolonization619) Decolonization

European nations move towards releasing their European nations move towards releasing their holds on colonies. holds on colonies.

France releases Algeria and MoroccoFrance releases Algeria and Morocco Some nations leave colonies with dominion Some nations leave colonies with dominion

status or alliesstatus or allies

620) Mohandas Ghandi620) Mohandas Ghandi

Spearheaded the Spearheaded the Indian Indian independence independence movement.movement.

Advocated Advocated peaceful resistance peaceful resistance and civil and civil disobedience.disobedience.

Fasted in order to Fasted in order to stop violence.stop violence.

621) France and Algeria621) France and Algeria

France had a valuable colony in Algeria.France had a valuable colony in Algeria. Decolonization became the new trend and Decolonization became the new trend and

colonies were taboo.colonies were taboo. France releases Algeria after ten years of fighting France releases Algeria after ten years of fighting

and protests.and protests.

622) French Indochina622) French Indochina

Charles duGaull Charles duGaull just couldn’t get just couldn’t get the message that the message that he needed to let he needed to let his colonies go.his colonies go.

He tried to hold He tried to hold onto Indochina, onto Indochina, particularly Laos particularly Laos and Vietnam.and Vietnam.

Independence Independence around 1956around 1956

623) Vietnam Conflict623) Vietnam Conflict

South Vietnam was infiltrated by North Vietnam.South Vietnam was infiltrated by North Vietnam. Vietnamese did NOT fight well,Vietnamese did NOT fight well, USA sent aid to south Vietnam—not a good USA sent aid to south Vietnam—not a good

investment. (lost the war)investment. (lost the war)

624) Ho Chi Minh624) Ho Chi Minh

Leader of North Leader of North VietnamVietnam

Invaded the Invaded the capitalist South capitalist South Vietnam in order to Vietnam in order to spread spread communism.communism.

Eventually took Eventually took over Saigon and over Saigon and the war ended.the war ended.

625) Mikhail Gorbachev625) Mikhail Gorbachev

Took over Russia Took over Russia after Brezhnev, who after Brezhnev, who was after was after Khrushchev, who Khrushchev, who was after Stalin.was after Stalin.

Gorbachev Gorbachev attempted to attempted to institute capitalism institute capitalism to save communism.to save communism.

Lost his grip on Lost his grip on dissenting soviet dissenting soviet countries.countries.

626) Perestroika626) Perestroika

Drastic modification Drastic modification of the planned of the planned economy economy

Hopes to create Hopes to create consumer demandconsumer demand

Incentives for Incentives for production, production, autonomy for autonomy for managersmanagers

Bureaucrats opposedBureaucrats opposed

627) Glasnost627) Glasnost

Right to voice a Right to voice a need for changeneed for change

Criticism of status Criticism of status quo is acceptable quo is acceptable to identify the evils to identify the evils of the pastof the past

Emigration more Emigration more liberally allowedliberally allowed

Reconciliation with Reconciliation with orthodox churchorthodox church

628) Vaclav Havel/Velvet 628) Vaclav Havel/Velvet RevolutionRevolution

Leader of Leader of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia

Got the new Czech Got the new Czech Republic economic Republic economic reforms and into reforms and into NATONATO

Allowed Slovakia to Allowed Slovakia to peacefully break peacefully break off from the Czech off from the Czech RepublicRepublic

629) Nicole Ceausescu629) Nicole Ceausescu

Autocratic, withdrawn, desires industrial superpower status Autocratic, withdrawn, desires industrial superpower status for Romaniafor Romania

Kills hundreds in a riotKills hundreds in a riot Flees capital from RiotersFlees capital from Rioters Gets the Mussolini treatment.Gets the Mussolini treatment.

630) August 1991 Coup630) August 1991 Coup

Gorbachev becomes Gorbachev becomes less and less less and less respected as Yeltsin respected as Yeltsin gains popularitygains popularity

Yeltsin becomes an Yeltsin becomes an opposition leader opposition leader (former party boss)(former party boss)

Open elections Open elections bring about Yeltsin bring about Yeltsin being new president being new president of Russiaof Russia

631) Boris Yeltsin631) Boris Yeltsin

A governor who A governor who becomes more becomes more respected than respected than GorbachevGorbachev

Becomes president Becomes president of Russia after of Russia after open elections are open elections are heldheld

Had a major Had a major drinking problemdrinking problem

632) Chechnya632) Chechnya

1994-Yeltsin tries to 1994-Yeltsin tries to crush and crush and independence independence movement in this movement in this autonomous autonomous republic and failedrepublic and failed

Separatist Separatist pressures this and pressures this and some others want some others want independence from independence from Russia proper.Russia proper.

The war continuesThe war continues

633) Vladimir Putin633) Vladimir Putin

Chosen as Yeltsin’s Chosen as Yeltsin’s successor and is successor and is elected prime elected prime ministerminister

Crushes Chechen Crushes Chechen rebels after terror rebels after terror attacks in Moscow.attacks in Moscow.

Shares a first name Shares a first name with Vladimir Leninwith Vladimir Lenin

634) Slobodan Milosevic634) Slobodan Milosevic

Serbian desiring a Serbian desiring a nation-state in nation-state in Serbia and take Serbia and take over former over former Yugoslavia.Yugoslavia.

Serbian Hitler??Serbian Hitler?? Created purges in Created purges in

Kosovo and in Kosovo and in Bosnia.Bosnia.

635) Bosnia635) Bosnia

Has some Has some population of Serbs population of Serbs and some Bosnians.and some Bosnians.

Under repression Under repression and attack by and attack by Slobodan and Slobodan and Serbia.Serbia.

Bosnians Bosnians persecuted and persecuted and killed.killed.

636) Serbia 636) Serbia

Became very Became very militant after the militant after the dissolving of dissolving of YugoslaviaYugoslavia

Led by the Serbian Led by the Serbian Hitler, Slobodan Hitler, Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic.

Attempted to Attempted to become a nation-become a nation-state with state with nationalistic desires.nationalistic desires.

Instituted purgesInstituted purges

637) Croats637) Croats

Persecuted by Persecuted by Serbia in an Serbia in an attempt to make an attempt to make an all-Serbian state.all-Serbian state.

Sent to Sent to concentration/labor concentration/labor campscamps

There was a civil There was a civil war within the war within the former Yugoslavian former Yugoslavian countries.countries.

638) Kosovo638) Kosovo

Part of Serbia that Part of Serbia that wanted to break wanted to break awayaway

Feared declaring Feared declaring independence after independence after seeing what seeing what Slobodan did to the Slobodan did to the BosniansBosnians

Eventually achieved Eventually achieved independenceindependence

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