If you were absent yesterday POSES on pages 620 and 631 Skillbuilder activities on page 604, 605, and 606 Read 602-608 and complete #2, #4, and #5 on page 608

The Cold War in East Asia

The Fall of China Communists in China had been trying to overthrow the government since 1927 The Nationalist government had been weakened after World War II This led to a Civil War between the communists and the nationalists, with the U.S. Playing peacemaker while supporting the nationalists. The Communists successfully overthrew the government in 1949. China was now the worlds most populous Communist state

Communist China and the U.S. President Truman refused to recognize Communist China and its new leader Mao Zedong Instead the U.S. continued to recognize the Nationalists who had moved to Taiwan The U.S. Was even able to keep Communist China from being represented in the United Nations However, many Americans were shocked the U.S. couldn’t stop the fall of China into Communism

The Korean War breaks out After World War II, Korea was divided into 2 zones: Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea to unite under a Communist regime Truman saw this as similar to Hitler invasions and sent U.S. Troops in to resist the invasion Truman convinces the United Nations this invasion was an act of aggression and now had U.N. Approval for sending in troops.

The Korean War Truman sent General MacArthur to stop North Korea from overrunning South Korea MacArthur surprised the North Koreans and pushed them back into North Korea to the Chinese border China sent in troops and pushed the U.S. Troops back into southern South Korea MacArthur criticized Truman publicly for not attacking China so Truman recalled MacArthur

Consequences of the Korean War Dwight D. Eisenhower became the new President and promised to end the Korean War In July of 1951 the Soviet Union surprisingly suggested a cease-fire An armistice was signed in 1953 which ended the war but left the division of Korea exactly as it had been The lack of victory caused Americans to be even more fearful of communist aggression

Summary The U.S. Had a policy of containment to control communism in Europe. Why do you think containment did not work in Asia?