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Who was the president of the United States at the beginning of the Korean War?
Harry Truman
The Korean War started when _____ Korea invaded ______ Korea.
North; South
When did North Korea invade South Korea?
June 25, 1950
What country was the U.S trying to protect?
South Korea
The war ended on ________
Who was the American general who led forces into Korea?
Douglass Macarur
Why did North Korea think they could unify with South Korea?
U.S had completed their withdrawal
When did the North Koreans fled?
October 1950
This economic form was used by both South Korea and U.S
Capitalism
How many American troops lost their lives in the Korean war?
54,000
Who developed the plan to rebuild Europe?
Georgie C. Marshall
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
38th Parallel
When did the U.S troops reach the capital of North Korea?
Why did the U.S get involved in the Korean War?
The U.S took North Korea’s attack on South Korea as a move by communist, something the U.S wanted to avoid from spreading
The President of the United Stated at the end of the Korean War was?
Dwight Eisenhower
Who was the leader who wanted to reunify Korena under communist control?
Kim II Sung
In what way was the Soviet Union involved in the Korean War?
Soviet Union aided the North in ispreading communism
When was the talk about peace first brought up?
February 1,1951
How did the U.S keep communism from spreading any further?
By stopping the Domino effect
The region between North and South Korea, where no military could go after the war was roughly what distance on either side of the line between the two countries?
A mile and a half
General Douglass Macarthur’s bold plan included invading______.
Inchon
When did North Korea and South Korea agree to a truce?
July 27,1953
a region where military forces could not enter
demilitarized zone