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Modern satellite image of North and South Korea at night. Notice the lack of lights in North Korea due to lack of power.
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Election of 1948 Rep. Control Congress Rep. – Tom Dewey – moderate Democrats Split –Harry S. Truman –Strom Thurmond –Henry A. Wallace
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Fair Deal Min. Wage Soc. Sec. Clear Slums Low Income Homes TVA But lost on… Civil Rights Nat’l Health Ins. Repeal of Tariff Fed aid to Education Farm Incomes
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USSR takes control to 38 th parallel 1948 – S. Korea - Rhee elected president N. Korea declares Peoples Republic North militarizes, South does not June 25, 1950 North attacks
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June 27 th, U.N. reacts General Douglas MacArthur –Pusan –Invades Inchon
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Mac Arthur on his own Mission Communists China’s threat Mac Arthur to the Yalu River “Volunteer” Chinese Back to the 38 th parallel
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April 11, 1951 – Mac Arthur fired
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Peace Talks June 1951 Panmunjon – 2 years July 27, 1953 Truce Police Action Casualties
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Demilitarized Zone
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