Timeline
What year did the Korean War begin?
1950
How did Americans contribute to the war effort?
Military assistance/Support campaigns
Which communists were a threat?
North Korea, Soviet Union, and China
How many people died by the end of the Korean War?
Two to three million people had died
How many civilians became homeless?
Several million
What year did the Korean War end?
1953
How did the conflict impact pop culture?
Movies were made based off of it
What was an alternative to war that the US attempted to use?
Sanctions
Who won the war?
Neither side won
How much money did the US spend on the war?
$67 billion
What happened on April 11, 1951?
General MacArthur was fired
How were people affected?
Orphans were created/People were pulled off farms
What was a main cause for the conflict to arise?
The North wanted to combine with the South, but the South refused
What was created at the end of the war?
An armistice
What new occurred for the UN?
It was the first time they worked as a military force
What started on June 25th, 1950?
The farthest advance of NK and Chinese forces
Were any laws/executive orders created that addressed the conflict?
The UN ordered the communists to stop fighting and return to the 38th parallel
What did Kim Il-sung think when he decided to invade South Korea?
That the Americans wouldn't get involved
How many Americans were wounded?
103,000 Americans were wounded
What year did the Americans leave Korea?
They haven't left
What year did the Korean Peninsula divide?
1945
How did the American public support the conflict?
They didn't and disagreed with the president
What was Truman's goal for Korea?
To have a limited war/Make it democratic
What became unclear by the end of the war?
The US's foreign policy quickly became unknown
Why wasn't the wall of names in the Korean War Memorial added?
It wasn't added at first because they didn't want the Korean War to seem like a total loss