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Who was President during the Korean War?
What is Harry Truman
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North Korea and South Korea were divided where?
What is the 38th Parallel
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What nation invaded the other to start the conflict?
What is North Korea invaded South Korea
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What General led U.N. forces in fighting the North Koreans?
What is Douglas MacArthur
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North Korea had what type of government?
What is communist
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South Korea had what type of government?
What is democratic
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True of False: The Korean War ended in a victory for containment.
What is True
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What country sent 300,000 troops south across the Yalu River to aid the North Koreans?
What is China
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China's leader during the Korean War was whom?
What is Mao Zedong
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The South Koreans were backed by what country?
What is the U.S.
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What two main countries backed the North Koreans?
What is China and U.S.S.R.
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Truman's policy to limit the spread of communism was called what?
What is containment
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What country ruled Korea until 1945?
What is Japan
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Which political party lost popularity because of U.S. involvement in Korea
What is Democrats
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What happened to General MacArthur in the middle of the Korean War?
What is h was fired by Truman
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Who else did General MacArthur want to attack besides North Korea?
What is China
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Why did the Japanese have to give up control of Korea?
What is WWII ended and they lost so Soviet and U.S. troops took control of the country.
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American troops made up what percent of the U.N. fighting force in North Korea?
What is 90%
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The Korean War lasted from _______ to _______.
What is 1950 to 1953
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Who replaced MacArthur and led the U.N. troops?
What is Matthew Ridgeway
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List one success for the U.S. during the Korean War?
What is kept communism out of South Korea
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Why was President Truman able to send troops to Korea without a declaration of war from Congress?
What is It was considered a U.N. action because Truman convinced 15 others countries to join the fight.
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Who was the leader of the Nationalist party in China during the Civil War?
What is Chiang Kai-Shek
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On the initial attack by the North Koreans, the South Korean and U.N. forces were driven all the way back to where?
What is the Port of Pusan
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Prior to the Korean war how did the U.S. typically fight the spread of communism.
What is through economics means