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War Tactics
100
Who was the president of the United States during the Korean War?
President Harry S. Truman
100
What is the term that means an explosive device that nations threatened to use during the 1950s?
nuclear weapon
100
What did the United States and 15 other nations send over 500,000 of to aid South Korea?
troops
200
Who was the communist leader in China during the Korean War?
Mao Zedong
200
What is the term that means the suspension of war in which each side agrees to stop attacking the other?
cease-fire
200
What move by North Korea started the Korean War?
invasion of South Korea
300
Who was the United States general that pushed for the invasion of China?
General Douglas MacArthur
300
What is the term that means the taking of measures to prevent extension of communist rule?
containment
300
What prevented MacArthur's counterattack against North Korea from forcing North Korea's surrender?
Chinese intervention
400
Who did President Harry S. Truman replace as President of the United States?
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
400
What is the term that means the line on the map that divided Korea into North Korea and South Korea?
38th parallel
500
Who was the nationalist supported by the United States that lost to Mao Zedong for China?
Chiang Kai-Shek
500
What is the term that means the willingness of the United States to go to the edge of all-out war?
brinkmanship