ch8 Korean war

Question 1

when DMZ created?

Answer 1

after 1953
Armistice

1st proxy wars

Question 2

has Korean War ended?

Answer 2

no, Armisitice
unable agree peace treaty

Question 3

how Japan rule Korea (post WW2-WW2)

Answer 3

iron-fisted
1. police, military total control
2. civilians little rights

Question 4

which resistance group was prominent in fighting Jap rule -> Korea?

Answer 4

Kim Il Sung
- deeply committed communist, USSR teachings
- China, USSR support, resistance (WWII)
- many resistance groups, differing aims, divided
- Kim fought tenacious guerilla war -> Japs, until 1939, forced 2 flee, communist controlled China
- later garnered support

Question 5

Post WWII Korea

Answer 5

Potsdam: Korea full independance, temporarily occupied, new govt

US -> South
USSR -> North
Divided, 38th Parellel

Question 6

puppet govt. vs satellite state

Answer 6

Puppet govt.
completely under control, chosen personnel

satellite state (i.e. USSR)
highly dependant on influence of another govt. i.e. USSR

Question 7

Post WWII Korea
political situation of ppl in Korea

Answer 7

1. town, villages => political commitees, maintain order
2. ppl => resentment, Jap govt, take revenge, difficult to unite country

Question 8

Post WWII Japan
Disagreements over US, USSR to unite Korea

Answer 8

1. Both agree unified korea
2. dont know how administer
3. both wary of each other
4. free elections, establish govt., united Korea

Question 9

Post WWII
North Korea govt.

Answer 9

Soviets appt. Kim Il Sung

Kim
1. WWII war veteran, fought alongside Chinese Communists -> Japs
2. trained in USSR
3. loyal followers

how was he appt.?
1. USSR dont allow elections
2. establish Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea), Kim as leader, 1948 Sept.

Question 10

Post WWII
How did K__ I__ S__ rule (North Korea)

Answer 10

1. Soviet Forces withdrew from North Korea, end 1948
2. Kim tapped on propaganda extensively
3. cult of personality
4. promote self-sufficiency, isolate country from rest of world
5. limit external influence, opposition
6. willing resort force -> achieve aim, unified Korea

Question 11

Post WWII
South Korea govt.

Answer 11

1. election, 80% eligible ppl
2. Syngman Rhee backed by US (campaigned Korean independence, Japanese Occupation)
3. Actuality, Rhee backed -> deeply anti-communist, fluent English speaker, graduate from prestigious US universities

Question 12

Post WWII
How did S__ R__ rule (South Korea)

Answer 12

1. Syngman Rhee grew increasingly authoritarian, arrest, kill opponents (i.e. suspected communists)
2. US disagree, Rhee’s policies
3. still support as anti-communist stance
4. prevent spread communist influence

Question 13

1945-1948
North, South Korean hostility

Answer 13

1. intense dislike, relatively quiet
2. Kim, Rhee felt each other, ruler, Korean Peninsula
3. Rhee initiated border clsahes, capture territories -> North
4. June 1949 South Korean warships -> North Koreas military,
5. Korean Pennisula

Question 14

1945-1948
tensions, North, South Korea

Answer 14

• Kim persuade Soviet -> support reunify Korea
• Rhee persuade Truman
• 1949 -> Taedong River, South Korean warship attack
• 1949 Border Clashes

Question 15

outbreak of Korean war
armistice mo/year

Answer 15

Outbreak: June 1950
Armisitice: July 1953

Question 16

US initial disinterest, korea

Answer 16

• Truman fear weapons supplied -> attack North Korea
• Korea lay outside “defensive perimeter” (Dean Acheson)

Question 17

USSR initial disinterest, korea

Answer 17

• Soviet priority -> buffer, post-war little resources