08.03 Proxy Wars: Note Guide
Take notes using the guide as you complete the lesson and activities.
Big Ideas What I Learned
What were the causes and effects of proxy wars
within East Asia?
Korea: A war in which the
...
08.03 Proxy Wars: Note Guide
Take notes using the guide as you complete the lesson and activities.
Big Ideas What I Learned
What were the causes and effects of proxy wars
within East Asia?
Korea: A war in which the United States tried to
stop communist north Korea from expanding
resulting in an armistice.
Vietnam: The failed attempt by the United States to
prevent the entirety of Vietnam from a communist
takeover, in which many thousands of American
servicemen were killed.
What were the causes and effects of proxy wars
within Africa?
Angola: The United States backed the rebels against
a leftist government in a long civil war, which
continued after the United States and the Soviet
Union had both lost interest.
South Africa: In Africa, white minority governments
were under pressure to allow majority rule. South
Africa and other white regimes were very anticommunist and supported by the U.S. and other
western powers. In the 1980’s the American public’s
anger toward South Africa’s continuing apartheid
policies of racial segregation became stronger than
fear that a communist state would replace the white
government. In 1986, the United States Congress
passed an act designed to economically isolate
South Africa.
What were the causes and effects of proxy wars
within Latin America?
Cuba: The overthrow of the previous government of
Cuba by Fidel Castro led to the first communist state
in the Americas which has outlived the Soviet
Union.
Chile: In 1970, the Southern American country if
Chile democratically elected a socialist government
headed by the Marxist Salvador Allende. Three
years later, a military coup overthrew Allende’s
government and capitalist state was installed under
general Augusto Pinochet. The next 20 years were
filled with brutal repression, state-sponsored
killings, and forced disappearances.
Nicaragua: In 1979, a group called Sandinistas took
power in Nicaragua. This group had ties to Cuba,
and the united states interpreted their economic
reforms as a shift toward communism. In response,
the U.S. ended a major aid program to Nicaragua.
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