1. Do Now: Reading on Modern Korean War.
March 25th
Do Now: Reading on Modern Korean War.

2. Background on the Korean War
Read and put events in sequence of when they occurred.
Be ready to answer:
Why is Korea important to the US? Why does this conflict become a groundbreaking conflict for US foreign policy?
Why does the US need to intervene in a conflict between North and South Korea?

3. The Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel Activity
After reading the background on the Korean War, students will read primary source documents and decide whether the events were reasons for crossing the 38th parallel or reasons for not crossing.

4. Revolution in China

5. Republican Revolution (1912)
Sun Yat-sen (Sun Yixian)
Founded Kuomintang (KMT) – Nationalist party
Overthrew Manchu (Qing) dynasty
Established a republic
Weaknesses:
Disunity
Local warlords fought Kuomintang for control
Wars raged between 1912 and 1928
Foreign imperialists
Americans, Europeans, and Japanese
Poor transportation
1914 – only 6,000 miles of railroad track
225,000 miles in the smaller United States
Few decent roads
Kuomintang symbol

6. Growth of Communism
Sun Yat-sen appealed for Russian (Soviet) aid following the Versailles Conference
– China received advisors, arms, communist propaganda, and loans
Russia revoked its imperialist rights in China
Chinese flag,

7. Nationalist Revolution
Sun Yat-sen succeeded by Chiang Kai-shek
Communists expelled by Kuomintang
– war to control the warlords
Capital moved from Peiping (a.k.a. Peking, today’s Beijing) to Nanking (Nanjing)
Possible anecdote: The Kuomintang changed the name of Peking/Beijing to Peiping (or Beiping) in 1928.
Presidential Palace under Kuomintang Government in Nanjing

8. Civil War in China Communists were victorious in 1949
and – war between Communists and Nationalists
Communists – Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
Nationalists – Chiang Kai-shek
War halted and to fight Japanese aggression during WWII
Communists were victorious in 1949
Nationalists retreated to Formosa (Taiwan)
End of imperialism in China
Hong Kong returned to China in 1997

9. Communists in Control – 1949
Communists and Nationalists resumed civil war following World War II
Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government wasted foreign economic aid
Many Kuomintang deserted to Communists
Manchuria – taken over by Communists in 1948
December, Communists in control
Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalists retreated to Formosa (Taiwan)

10. Political Changes under Mao
Communist government on mainland China
Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
Chairman Mao – chairman of the Communist party and leader of China –
Possible anecdote: Other men served as chairman of the republic (as opposed to both the party and the republic) as well as premier, but Mao was the de facto leader of China until his death in 1976.
Mao Zedong 毛泽东