26-2: The Cold War Heats Up

WHICH SIDE DID THE U.S. SUPPRORT AND WHY? CIVIL WAR IN CHINA U.S. SUPPORTS THE NATIONALISTS, LED BY CHIANG KAI-SHEK, BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED COMMUNISM CIVIL WAR IN KOREA U.S SUPPORTS SOUTH KOREA BECAUSE IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC NATION FIGHTING AGAINST NORTH KOREA WHICH WAS COMMUNIST

MAO ZEDONG: LEADER OF THE COMMUNIST FORCES IN CHINA WHO WON THE HEARTS OF THE CHINESE PEASANTS CHIANG KAI-SHEK: WEAK AND CORRUPT LEADER OF THE NATIONALIST FORCES IN CHINA WHO LOST SIGHT OF THE NEEDS OF ORDINARY CITIZENS

WHAT DID THE U.S. DO TO AGGECT THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR? CIVIL WAR IN CHINA U.S. SENDS THE NATIONALISTS BILLIONS OF $$$ IN MILITARY EQUIPTMENT AND SUPPLIES AND TRIES TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE WAR CIVIL WAR IN KOREA U.S PROVIDES NAVAL AND AIR SUPPORT, SENDS U.S. TROOPS, AND WENT TO WAR WITH NORTH KOREA

WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR? CIVIL WAR IN CHINA THE COMMUNISTS WIN THE WAR FORCING THE NATIONALISTS (CHIANG KAI-SHEK) TO FLEE TO TAIWAN, (FORMOSA), AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF CHINA CIVIL WAR IN KOREA THE WAR ENDS IN A STALEMATE = KOREA REMAINED TWO NATIONS DIVIDED BY A DEMILITARIZED ZONE. THE U.S. LOST 54,000 AMERICAN LIVES AND SPENT $54 BILLION ON THE WAR

HOW DID THE AMERICAN PUBLIC REACT TO THAT OUTCOME, AND WHY? CIVIL WAR IN CHINA AMERICANS WERE SHOCKED AND DISMAYED TO LEARN THAT THE POLICY OF CONTAINMENT HAD FAILED AND DEMANDED EXPLANATIONS FROM THE GOVT. CIVIL WAR IN KOREA AMERICANS ARE ANGRY, FEARFUL, AND SHOCKED THE HIGH COSTS OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL WAR LED AMERICANS TO REJECT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

KOREAN WAR: WAR BEGUN WHEN NORTH KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA IN TH PARALLEL: IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES KOREA AT 38 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE