Countries Involved
Historical Personalities
Why start a War
Outcome
Lessons Learned
100
North and South Korea
What were the two initial countries that fought in the Korean War?
100
General Douglas MacArthur
What is the name of the General of the UN forces? (Pushed back North Korea military forces to the Yula River)
100
A civil war between North and South Korea
What was the Korean war initially?
100
The 38th parallel
What is the permanent border between North and South Korea?
100
Containment
What policy was encouraged once again by the US after the Korean War?
200
The United Nations
Who joined to help South Korea?
200
Kim Il Sung
What is the name of the leader of DPRK?
200
The DPRK crossed the demarcation line and attacked the ROK on June 25, 1950
What started the war?
200
Several times as the UN and Communist forces advanced and retreated
How many times did the territory around Seoul and central Korea changed hands?
200
Miliarization
What other policy was encouraged once again by the US after the Korean War?
300
The People’s Republic of China's (PRC)'s involvement
Why did the US join the fight?
300
Harry S. Truman
Who was the President that fired General Douglas MacArthur?
300
The Soviet Union/North Korea wanted communism. The United States/South Korea wanted a free government
What were the different views of how the government should run?
300
Small-scale skirmishes continued to break out, while the various representatives argued over the peace terms.
What happened between April 1951-1953?
300
U.S. defense perimeter in Asia
The Korean war set the stage for the further enlargement in what?
400
They aided North Korea in the fight
What role did the soviet union play in the war?
400
General Matthew Ridgeway
Who replaced General Douglas MacArthur?
400
Truman thought that invading China, MacArthur's idea, would start WWIII
Why was General MacArthur fired?
400
The repatriation of prisoners of war
After agreeing on the demarcation line and the settlement of airfields, what was the main issue blocking progress in the talks?
400
Prevent the fall of Vietnam to communism
What did the US eventually do in regards to regional actions?
500
Japan
What country did Korea initially belong to?
500
Syngman Rhee
Who did the U.S. support as the ROK's leader?
500
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom
What were the fifteen UN nations that sent troops to help South Korea?
500
On July 27, 1953
The DPRK, PRC and UN signed an armistice on what date?
500
No one. We signed the armistice
Who won the Korean War?
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