US Involvement In Europe
This person replaced President Roosevelt when he suddenly passed away.
President Truman
Americans and British started the ______ to fly food and supplies into West Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
What does ROK stand for? What is the name of this Country?
Republic of Korea, South Korea
What is the Capital of South Korea?
Seoul
Where did General Mac Arthur make his miraculous amphibious flank?
Inchon
This plan provided that the US provide aid to all European nations that needed it
Marshall Plan
This group pledged military support to one another incase any one member was attacked.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What does PRK stand for? What country is this?
People's Republic of Korea, North Korea
Who was President at the beginning of the Korean War?
President Harry Truman
General Mac Arthur was fired because he...
Appealed to the American people through newspaper and magazine interviews about going to war against China. (Essentially went behind Truman's back)
The United Nations (UN) was this kind of body? (In other words what was the purpose of the UN)
Peacekeeping
What is Collectivism
all property and the means of production are controlled by the state
This was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party. The United States supported him during the Chinese Civil War
Chiang Kai Shek
What is a DMZ?
A Demilitarized Zone, into which neither side could introduce military forces.
Korean's would attempt to _______ our troops for the use of propaganda
Brainwash
What four countries had a part of the broken up Germany?
US, UK, USSR, and France
What is a Satellite Nation
A nation that is aligned or under the influence of another nation
What is the 38th Parallel?
The border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War.
The Korean War ended in a?
Stalemate
What were the two main issues in negations to end the Korean War?
Exchanging of POW's and the Final Truce Line
What is Containment?!?! Whose Foreign Policy was it?
Taking measures to prevent any extension of Communist rule to other countries, President Truman
Who were the three countries involved in the Potsdam Conference? Who were the three leaders at the Conference?
US, UK, USSR
Truman, Attlee, and Stalin
Commander in Chief of the UN Command that President Truman dismissed for making statement's to the press and wanting to invade China.
General Douglas Mac Arthur
LTG Ridgway's method for fighting overwhelming Chinese forces
Firepower vs. Manpower
The Forgotten War