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2 The Cold War The Korean War

3 Vocab List 31 P 236 CH 13 -Limited War -Mao Zedong (P 326)
-General Douglas MacArthur (P 327) -DMZ (P 329) -SEATO (P 329) -Peoples Republic of China (P 327)

4 I. Background A) Containment - stopping the expansion of communism
B) Japan - Like Germany, we begin rebuilding our old enemy General Douglas MacArthur - oversees USA occupation of Japan Japanese swear off war in exchange for USA’s Protection Now Japan puts all $$$ into industry (works well)

5 II. China A) 1920s Civil War Mao Zedong, leader of communist forces, vs. Nationalist Chiang Kai- shek Suspend civil war to fight Japan in WWII B) Post WWII - Civil War broke out again USA Sends $2 Billion to Nationalist Nationalist squander advantage through corruption/poor military planning → lose to Communists in 1949 Nationalists Move to Taiwan China’s Mao Zedong will be huge ally to Russia “Peoples Republic of China” born

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7 Chinese Revolution Vid

8 III. Korean War BIG PICTURE: 1950-1953 Humans:
33,000 US Soldiers Killed, 100,000 wounded 4,000,000 Chinese/Koreans killed/wounded Kim Il Sung (North) vs. Syngman Rhee (South) North invades South in 1950 Truman believes that N is supported by Russia USA believes Communism spreads to Japan if S Korea defeated ***Truman gets authorization to fight from he United Nations not Congress*** Truman convinces Congress that US is only leading “UN Police Action” and that this is “not a war”

9 IV. How Korean War went down
A) Douglas MacArthur - leads “police force” with S Korean forces, driving back N Korea to dividing line Tries to unite Korea but disobeys Truman by getting too close to China B) China gets involved - killing many Americans MacArthur demands use of Atomic bomb against China China and Russia are allies - would cause WWIII Truman does not want world to end, instead Fires MacArthur C) Eventually, US threatens use of Atomic Bomb against Korea to get N Korea to sign Armistice War is still not over Americans still stationed in Korea today just in case

10 Korean War Video

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12 V. In Sum Korean War also known as Forgotten War
Vietnam overshadows it First war involving USA after WWII Today: China is still communist Korea is still divided Japan & S Korea are still close allies These events set the stage for The Vietnam War (later)

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