Ch 18.2 Flashcards
Chiang Kai Shek
gov? supported by?
Nationalist
US supported
Mao Zedong
gov? supported by?
Communist
Soviets
who got blamed to loosing china to communism?
Truman
Who lost ? what happened because of this ?
chiang kai shek
people left china and moved to taiwan-> UN had representative from taiwan and not china
when did china fall ?
1949
what did the us send ?
money and weapons because of chiangs poverty
Where was the Korean Peninsula divided?
38th parallel
Why did Mao Zedong fail to win american support?
Because he was a communist
Failure of chiang Kai sheks forces in the Chinese civil war can largely be blamed on…?
His weak & corrupt leadership
Who was forced to retreat to Taiwan?
Chinese nationalists
38th parallel became an important dividing line between..?
North & South Korea
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which side fought on the side of the communists?
China (& North Korea)
What did Douglas MacArthur argue with Truman about the Korean War?
MacArthur thought that the Korean War should be extended into a war against China
Truman fired him
Compare the role US played in Civil wars in China vs Korea
Why?
Korea- sent troops to South Korea
China- gave money & weapons, but no troops
They didn’t want to start another war with soviets in China because WW2 just ended & they didn’t need to start WW3
Korean War Outcomes Who was involved Who supported who? Significance of 38th parallel
Still divided at 38th parallel (Korea still 2 nations), SU called for a cease fire, North Korean invaders had been pushed back & communism was contained without atomic weapons
Involved- North Korea- Soviet Union & later China, South Korea-US & UN
SIGNIFICANCE- separation of N. Korea, communism & S. Korea, democracy
