Cold War: Korean War (1950-53)

Question 1

What has been agreed Potsdam?

Answer 1

The division of Korean and the 38th parallel

Question 2

What was North Korea?

Answer 2

Communist

Question 3

Who was North Korea led by?

Answer 3

Kim II Sung

Question 4

What was South Korea?

Answer 4

Anti communist

Question 5

Who was South Korea led by?

Answer 5

Syngman Rhee

Question 6

What did Kim ask Stalin to do in 1949?

Answer 6

Invade South Korea

Question 7

When did North Korean troops invade South Korea?

Answer 7

June 1950

Question 8

What did the USA do in response to the Norths invasion?

Answer 8

Asked the UN to call for a ceasefire

Question 9

What did the USA do in September 1950?

Answer 9

Drove North Koreans back to the 38th parallel

Question 10

What is the 38th parallel?

Answer 10

Where north and South Korea split

Question 11

What happened in July 1950?

Answer 11

Ceasefire was agreed

Question 12

What were the consequences of the Korean War?

Answer 12

Showed that the USA were willing to go to war in order to contain communism
Showed power USA has with the un
Became first proxy war of the cold war