The Korean War 1950 - 1953

Warm Up – Let’s Discuss Examine the picture. What is happening? What is the U.S. doing? What do you think this picture means?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Get a copy of the world map at your table. Where is the United States? Where is the Soviet Union?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Where is the United States? Where is the Soviet Union?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Where is China?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Where is China?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Where is Cuba? North Korea? South Korea? Vietnam?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Where is Cuba? North Korea? South Korea? Vietnam? Vietnam?

COLD WAR MAP ACTIVITY Glue your completed map on page 94 in your notebook. Get a copy of the guided notes about the Korean War

Domino Theory and the Policy of Containment Domino Theory: the idea that if one nation falls to communism that the neighboring nations will fall one after the other

Domino Theory and the Policy of Containment Containment: policy to prevent the spread of communism

The Korean peninsula was ruled by Japan before WWII After WWII, it was split along the 38th parallel

USSR in the North, USA in the South Tensions rose The north became communist

Kim Il Sung gained Stalin and Mao’s support for an invasion Why would Stalin and Mao support this? 1950 – North Korea invaded South Korea

The USSR was boycotting the UN Security Council at this time So, the rest of the Council voted to authorize military intervention in Korea

America claimed its actions in Korea were not acts of war – called their actions “police actions”

SUMMER 1950 North Korea invades South Korea Hugely successful – why? Halted at Pusan

FALL 1950 MacArthur arrives at Inchon President Truman makes the reunification of Korea his goal MacArthur pushes up to China Can you predict what happens next? FALL 1950

LATE FALL-EARLY WINTER 1950-1951 Mao Zedong sends reinforcements from China UN forces are pushed past the 37th parallel Escalates towards nuclear war MacArthur fired!

1951-1953 Stalemate is reached How? President Eisenhower bombs N. Korean dams Threat of atomic weapons Stalin dies Armistice is signed in 1953 Korea is still divided today

Significance of the Korean War The use of nuclear weapons was avoided America went to war without permission from Congress China was established as a major world power Containment was considered a “success”

Truman Fires MacArthur! Tensions mounted between President Truman and General MacArthur: MacArthur wanted to push past the 38th parallel and even invade mainland China. Truman wanted to use diplomacy and avoid a major war with China. • MacArthur tried to go over Truman’s head by using the media to get public support, and Truman fired him for insubordination on April 11, 1951.

Let’s Discuss It How do you predict the public will respond to Truman’s decision to fire MacArthur? • Is it a big deal to fire a General? Why or why not? • Based on what you know about the Cold War and the 1950s, do you think the public sided with Truman (who wanted diplomacy) or with MacArthur (who wanted to invade mainland China)? Why?

What does this chart say about how the American people felt about Truman’s decision? Did more people support or oppose Truman? Did this change over time? Why?

Korean War Reading Passage Read and ANNOTATE the passage about the Korean War. Answer the questions on the back in COMPLETE SENTENCES. DUE TOMORROW!

Exit Ticket The idea that if one nation falls to communism that other nations will also fall to it is known as containment domino theory mutually assured destruction 38th parallel

Exit Ticket 2. At the conclusion of the Korean War the entire country became communist the entire country became democratic the north remained communist and the south remained democratic Korea was taken over by China

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