Causes of korean war

Question 1

when was the korean war?

Answer 1

1950-1953

Question 2

who were elected into power?

Answer 2

Kim Il Sung (north) and Syungman Rhee (south)

Question 3

what year were Il Sung and Rhee elected into power?

Answer 3

1948

Question 4

what year was korea split?

Answer 4

1945

Question 5

what parallel was korea split down?

Answer 5

38th parallel

Question 6

what year was the truman doctrine?

Answer 6

1947

Question 7

what was the truman doctrine?

Answer 7

when america wanted to contain communism

Question 8

who was involved in the korean war?

Answer 8

korea, china, soviet union and america

Question 9

in 1910, what empire has korea been apart of?

Answer 9

japanese empire, but in WW2, allies defeated japan and the japanese empire was dismantled (destroyed)

Question 10

what year was the japanese empire dismantled?

Answer 10

1945

Question 11

how did korea maintain stability after leaving the japanese empire?

Answer 11

the US proposed to occupy korea along with the soviet union

soviet union occupied north and US occupied south

Question 12

what did the 38th parallel do?

Answer 12

split korea in half and stopped conflict between american and soviet union troops

Question 13

what was the plan for korea?

Answer 13

to become independent under the UNs control

Question 14

what did korean people want?

Answer 14

immediate independence as they were unhappy under japanese control

Question 15

what type of government did north korea want?

Answer 15

communist

it was more industrialised so there were more pro-communist groups

Question 16

what type of government did south korea want?

Answer 16

capitalist

it was more rural and there were more conservative groups

Question 17

what was the cold war?

Answer 17

when there were tensions between america and the soviet union

Question 18

why was america concerned during the cold war?

Answer 18

concerned with the threat of communism and it spreading to other countries

Question 19

what did america do in 1947?

Answer 19

turned to the United Nations for help.

the UN declared elections should be held the following year

Question 20

why were elections a problem in korea?

Answer 20

the soviet union refused to let UN inspectors into north korea to watch the election so only southern votes counted

Question 21

why were two governments formed?

Answer 21

north korea refused to accept the government chosen by the south so established its own.

Question 22

what year were 2 governments formed?

Answer 22

1948

Question 23

what government did the south have?

Answer 23

republic of korea (or ROK) leaded by Syungman Rhee

Question 24

what government did the north have?

Answer 24

demoncratic peoples republic of korea (DPRK) leaded by Kim Il Sung

Question 25

what happened after 2 governments were formed?

Answer 25

the usa and soviet union withdrew their troops

Question 26

why was there tension between the north and south?

Answer 26

both leaders wanted to reunite korea under their own rules which led to 2 years of tension and raids across the border.

Question 27

why did the war start?

Answer 27

due to the leaders inability to co-exist

Question 28

what was nationalism?

Answer 28

when both leaders wanted full control over korea

Question 29

what happens in 1949?

Answer 29

china becomes communist