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1 Chapter 16 – Section 3 The Korean War

2 1. What happened to China in 1949?
2. What was the situation in Korea after WWII and what did the UN want to do? 3. What is the 38th parallel? 4. What did communist-backed forces from North Korea do in 1950?

3 5. What did the WWII her of the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, do?
6. Why was Truman hesitant to invade North Korea? 7. What happened when MacArthur invaded North Korea? 8. How did MacArthur want to respond in light of the Chinese intervention? Was his request granted?

4 9. How did many Americans, including Senator Joseph McCarthy feel about this?
10. Why was MacArthur stripped of his command in Korea? 11. What happened over the next 2 years? 12. What happened when negotiations finally occurred?

5 13. Why didn’t the communists want North Korean POW’s to choose whether or not to return home?
14. What was the final death toll? 15. Did we win the Korean War?

6 Homework Essay On the back of this paper write a word essay. Choose to be Joseph McCarthy explaining his reasons for his “witch hunt” OR choose to be a Hollywood movie actor explaining why you have been “blacklisted”.

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