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• Extended Bellringer

Extended Bellringer Part I• Who was the leader of North Vietnam? (1 point)• Who was the communist leader of Cambodia? (1

point)• What was the name of the communist party in

Cambodia? (1 point)• What was the cause of the Korean war? (1 point)• Why was the US and NATO unable to beat the

communists in Vietnam? (1 point)

Extended Bellringer Part IIEvent Historical Circumstance

(Before)Policy that led to

Human Rights Violation

Ukraine

Cambodia

Extended Bellringer Part I• Who was the leader of North Vietnam? (1 point)

– Ho Chi Minh• Who was the communist leader of Cambodia? (1 point)

– Pol Pot• What was the name of the communist party in Cambodia? (1

point)– Khmer Rouge

• What was the cause of the Korean war? (1 point)– Kim Ill Sung invaded South Korea, US Containment

• Why was the US and NATO unable to beat the communists in Vietnam? (1 point)– Guerilla Warfare, Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dissent at home,

Vietnamese support of Ho Chi Minh

Extended Bellringer Part IIEvent Historical Circumstance

(Before)Policy that led to

Human Rights Violation

Ukraine Stalin took over USSR, (Great Purge, Russification, Collective Farms, Five Year Plans) – Ukrainians refused work on farms: killed animals/broke equipment

Forced famine

Millions killed

Rest of world recognized Stalin as a dictator

Cambodia Third world developing country after WWII, Pol Pot seized power as head of Khmer Rouge, becomes communist

Pol Pot targets urban population, intellectuals, exports all food, outlaws living on natural resources, collective farms, killing fields

Millions killed

Genocide

Thirty Week Test

• Please write in correct actions!

Agenda

• Bellringer (review HW)• Notes: Communism in Latin and South

America• Exit Ticket• Begin homework

Homework

• Read 106-115

• Answer Key themes and concept questions page 106 and 112

Objective

• Students will identify how the cold war affected countries in south and latin America

Cold War in South America

Essential Learning: The Cold War

South America

• South America became battleground for democracy vs. communism

• Why? – Developing and Third World nations were targets

for communism– Bad economies make communism look like a good

idea– U.S. Policy of containment: not in our hemisphere!

Argentina

Argentina

• Import substitution- government encouraged local manufacturers to produce goods at home to replace imports

• Juan Peron- Dictator, promoted import substitution, had a repressive government

Argentina (cont’d)

• State Terrorism– 1976 military government took power– Dirty War- arrested, tortured, and killed thousands

of people against the government– Many people just “disappeared.”– Many were young– "The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" marched for

their missing children, gained worldwide attention– 1983 elections were held, democratic government

came to power in Argentina

Cuba

Cuba

• 1959 Fidel Castro establishes Communist government• Bay of Pigs Disaster- United States backed a plot by anti-

Castro exiles to invade Cuba and lead an uprising against Castro, poorly planned plot crushed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba

• Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 United States imposed a trade embargo on Cuba, combined with Bay of Pigs incident, Castro turned to Soviet Union for help, placed missiles in Cuba, 90 miles away from United States, United States almost went to war

• 2008 Fidel Castro's brother Raul took power

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

• 1979 Sandinistas took power, many in government were communist

• Sandinistas faced opposition from the Contras a counterrevolutionary group– United States secretly backed Contras

• 1990 Sandinistas handed over power freely elected President Violeta Chamorro

Mexico

• NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement

• United States, Canada, and Mexico• Plan to allow free trade among the three

nations• Eliminated most tariffs• Goal to promote economic cooperation

Panama

Panama

• Manuel Noriega and drug cartels• Smuggled drugs into United States, United

States troops invaded Panama in 1989 and arrested Noriega

• Latin American countries are moving from dictatorships to democracies

• 1977 United States and Panama signed a treaty to turn over Panama Canal to Panama and in the year 2000 the Canal was turned over

Exit Ticket • Argentina– What was Juan Peron’s leadership like?– What is import substitution?– What was life like under the military government?

• Nicaragua– describe US involvement with Sandinistas.

• Panama– Why was the Panama canal important to so many

countries? • What is NAFTA and what are its effects?

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