1. History Through Literature
Chapter 18: The United States and Nation Building

2. MacArthur in Japan Interim governor from 1945-1951
started democracy and led Japan to Industrial powerhouse (tech)
Gave women right to vote
Protected human rights
Outlawed racial discrimination
Decentralized the government
MacArthur in Japan

3. North Korea v. South Korea
North Korea occupied by USSR
South Korea occupied by US
North Korea – GDP is 20 billion, about $2,000 per capita
South Korea – GDP is 1.3 trillion, $28,000 per capita
US – GDP is trillion, $46,000 per capita
North Korea v. South Korea

4. Yugoslavia Josip Broz – “Tito” Dictator from WWII to 1980 – nonaligned
After Tito’s Death, Yugoslavia slowly started to break apart
Yugoslavia

5. Bosnia and Herzegovina voted for independence from Yugoslavia in 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted for independence from Yugoslavia in Large numbers of Serbs lived there. Serbia invaded to force them to stay
1995 NATO air campaign stopped the killing.
Forced Milosevic to end war.
Bosnian War

6. Srebrenica and Tulza Srebrenica - Muslim Stronghold in Bosnia
UN tried to protect it (Dutch)
Dutch did get many women and children out
Serbs massacred over 8,000 men age 16 and up – worst since WWII
Tulza – massacre of 70 people
Srebrenica and Tulza

7. Serbia – led by Slobodan Milošević tried to take power
Strikes and riots – called out the army
Kosovo (albanians) wanted independence
Serbs may have ethnic cleansed as much as 200,000
1999 – NATO air war destroyed the Serb army.
NATO peacekeepers (KFOR) (Kosovo Force) entered.
Milosevic died during trial
Kosovo War

8. Mississippi National Guard
Helped keep James Meredith out of the University of Mississippi – segregation
Mississippi National Guard

9. US 10th Mountain Division
Elite group of the US airborne. Specifically trained to fight in harsh regions and weather.
Not really mountain anymore
Light infantry
Bob Dole
US 10th Mountain Division