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This person was president of the United States during the Korean War.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This is the year that Korea was divided by the Allied powers.
What is 1945?
This is the reason the US supported the South Koreans against North Korean invasion.
What is containment?
What is the Domino Theory?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What is the 38th parallel?
This person was the Leader of the UN forces in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This is the day the Korean war began.
When is June 25, 1950?
This is when two larger powers avoid direct conflict and instead support powers in their ideologically similar conflicts.
What is a proxy war?
This is the area that the North Koreans Pushed South Korea back to in their initial offensive.
What is the Pusan Perimeter?
Who was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Kim Il-sung?
This is the month and year that UN forces pushed back the North Koreans after their initial offensive.
When is September 1950?
Although South Korea wasn't vital to American security, The US government believed that Japan was, and that having a communist nation so close to Japan could prove a danger. This is an example of what theory?
What is the domino effect?
At the end of the War, the DMZ was set up around this line.
What is the 38th parallel?
This person was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Syngman Rhee?
This is the month and year that the war settled into a stalemate.
When is July 1951?
The Korean War was ultimately this.
What is futile?
What is the Yulan River?
This person was the leader of the People's Republic of China and supported the North Koreans.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This is the date the cease-fire was signed.
When is July 27, 1953?
The Korean War did convince America to do this.
What is increase spending on defense?
This was the landing site for the UN's amphibious offensive that pushed the North Koreans back beyond the original border between North and South Korea.
What is Incheon?