This is the line that separates North and South Korea before the war.
What is the 38th parallel?
100
This is when the Korean War started and ended.
What is 1950-1954?
100
The president of the United States during the Korean War and was in power from 1945 to 1953.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
100
"I will defend (South) Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California." is something General ______ lived by.
Who is Gen. Douglas MacArthur?
100
Estimated number of Chinese and North Koreans killed in the Korean War.
What are about 1,500,000 Chinese and Korean deaths?
200
An armistice that was signed by both sides of the 38th parallel to end the war.
What is the Armistice?
200
The North Korean army takes South Korea's capital Seoul.
What happened on June 28, 1950?
200
He is the leader and architect of North Korea.
Who is Kim Il Sung?
200
"On the other side of every mountain was another mountain." was said by this lieutenant colonel to describe conditions in Korea.
Who is Lieutenant Colonel George Russell?
200
Number of Americans killed in the Korean War.
What are about 36,000 dead Americans?
300
The capital of North Korea.
What is Pyongyang?
300
South Korean president Syngman Rhee reestablishes his government by recapturing Seoul.
What happened on September 9, 1950?
300
He is an American-educated Korean exile who returned to his country to become the first president of South Korea.
Who is Syngman Rhee?
300
"As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight." is said by this Korean citizen.
Who is Ban Ki-moon?
300
The number of political prisoners executed by South Korean police in 1950.
What is an estimate of at least 100,000?
400
MacArthur's Marines, responsible for the Inchon invasion.
What are the X Corps?
400
China’s People Volunteer Army (PVA) and the Korean’s People Army (KPA) of North Korea retake Seoul for the second time.
What happened on January 4, 1951?
400
He is one of the most powerful military officers in modern American history.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
400
"I was drafted during the Korean War."
Who is Clint Eastwood?
400
The number of American men and women who served in the war.
What are around 6.8 million troops?
500
A paper created by the National Security council that argued that the only way to prevent Soviet world domination by containment and massive increase in defense spending.
What is the NSC68?
500
The Battle of Pork Chop Hill took place, it became one of the controversial battles in the Korean War.
What happened from March to July in 1953?
500
Leader of Communist Russia who wanted North Korea to win the war and essentially wanted the destruction of capitalism.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
500
"Communism in Korea could get off to a better start than practically anywhere else in the world."
Who is Edwin W. Pauley?
500
The exact date the Korean War had started and ended.
What are the dates June 27, 1950 and January 31, 1955?