The Korean War Part 1
The Korean War Part 2
The Growth in Science Fiction
100
What kind of conflict did Truman call the Korean War?
What is a Police Action?
100
The latitude line that has become the traditional border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
100
Invading forces (be it alien or otherwise) would often be a symbolism for what group of people or nations that might try to invade the US?
Who were the Communists?
200
What recently Communist nation backed the North Koreans after UN Forces came close to crushing their forces south of the Yalu River?
Who was Communist China?
200
From 1950-1953 the Korean War becomes a this, with UN and North Korean Forces fighting over the 38th Parallel but never moving from there.
What is a Stalemate?
200
What film first brought Sci-Fi a more credible appeal to the general populace pulling them from the B-Movie market?
What was "Forbidden Planet?"
300
What political action in South Korea was supported by America but angered the communists before the break out of the war?
What were free elections in South Korea?
300
This man was in charge of the UN forces in Korean until he criticized President Truman and the UN for not letting him invade China to cut off their support for the North Koreans.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
300
This film was one of many cautionary tales that warned about the dangers of Nuclear Weapons. In it a alien arrives in Washing D.C. warning that if the people don't adopt nuclear disarmament the planet will be wiped out for the protection of the rest of the galaxy.
What is "The Day the Earth Stood Still?"
400
The fall of this nation into Communism was blamed on the 200 Communists in the State Department that Joseph McCarthy claimed existed.
What is the fall of China?
400
One of these was signed ending combat in Korea but never truly bringing and end to the conflict in Korea which technically still exists today.
What is a Cease Fire?
400
Playing on the fears of what Nuclear radiation could do to the creatures of earth films like Godzilla and this film told stories of giant creatures destroying the world.
What is "Them?"
500
How many nations in the UN lent their forces along with America to help defend South Korea?
What is 14?
500
This group of people lost faith in the war and ultimately resulted in them asking it be brought to and end and writing letters of anger to the President like the one read in class.
Who were the American People (American Civilians)?
500
After the dropping of the Atomic Bomb the world felt like it had stepped into a Science Fiction film but the launching of this satellite into space by the USSR ultimately secured that feeling of a new Sci-Fi world.
What is Sputnik?
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