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korea Flashcards

1
Q

what is the significance of the korean war

A

1st major conflict of the cold war

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2
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who was occuping korea untill 1945

A

japan

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3
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which side of korea defeted the japanese (assisted by USSR) and what were they not allowed to do

A

communists
take responciblity

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4
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what happend to korea post ww2

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divided into two with provisional govenments
north ussr
south usa

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5
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along what line was korea divided

A

38th paralell

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6
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where was the division of korea agreed

A

moscow 1945

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7
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what was the name of south korean gov

A

republic of korea

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8
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when was the south korean gov est

A

may 1948

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9
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who lead the south korean gov

A

rhee

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10
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what was the south korean gov accused of

A

rigging elections
being undemoctatic

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11
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how did the us offer to aid south korea

A

with ecnomic and military aid but no troops

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12
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when did the us leave south korea

A

mid 1949

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13
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what was the name of the north korean gov

A

democratic peoples republic of korea

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14
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when was the north korean gov set up

A

sept 1948

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15
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who was the leader of the north korean gov

A

Kim Il Sung

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16
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what was the north korean gov like

A

a communist dictatorship

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17
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who was north korea supported by

A

communist blau

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18
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what did both korean leaders want

A

a united korea under their leadership

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19
Q

when and who confirmed the division of korea

A

the UN in 1947

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20
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what did the us perswade the UN to create to help watch over korea

A

a commision to supervise elections and unite the contry

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21
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what was the UN’s commission for korea called

A

UNTCOK

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22
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what does UNTCOK stand for

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united nations temporary commission on korea

23
Q

how did the ussr react to UNTCOK

A

they saw it as dominated by the us and western allies
UNTCOK was denyed entery in the north

24
Q

who were the key players on the south side

A

mcAuthour
Truman
Dean Acheson
Sigman Rhee
NATO

25
Q

who were the key players on the north side

A

Mao
Stalin
Kim IL Sung

26
Q

who is kim il sung

A

president of north korea

27
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who is Rhee

A

president of south korea

28
Q

in what ways did the us cause the korean war

A

containment policy
defensive perimiter speach

29
Q

in what ways did the un cause the korean war

A

agreed for the war in korea and sent troops against the north
legitimised the us action

30
Q

in what ways did the S. korea cause the korean war

A

strongly anti-communist
wanted to reunite korea

31
Q

in what ways did the N. korea cause the korean war

A

invaded the south and commited to using force
wanted to unite korea

32
Q

in what ways did the ussr cause the korean war

A

gave 1600 peices of artilary along with many other armerments to north korea

33
Q

in what ways did china cause the korean war

A

once the south reached their border they committed many men and armements for north korea
openly helped and supported the north from the begining

34
Q

when did north korea invade the south first and with how many troops

A

jure 25th 1950
70,000

35
Q

how far into south korea did the north origionaly get

A

up to the pusan perimiter

36
Q

when were the incon landings

A

september 1950

37
Q

how many troops were at the incon landings

A

300,000

38
Q

when does McAuthur invade north korea

A

7th of october 1905

39
Q

how far did the south make it after invading the north

A

up to the chinese border

40
Q

when did china deploy troops

A

25th november 1950

41
Q

how many troops did china intialy deploy

A

200,000

42
Q

what was importand about the south invading the north

A

signifys a change in us policy from containment to roll back

43
Q

by when had the north taken soul for the second time

A

janurary 1951

44
Q

when did the south retake the 38th paralell for the second time

A

march 1951

44
Q

what was chinas tactic

A

human wave

45
Q

when did the armistice get signed

A

july 27th 1953

46
Q

what were the consiquences for the us

A

increase in military spending 300%
roll back
limeted war

47
Q

what were the consiquences for the china

A

up to 1 mill casualtys
large finacial loss
a cold war superpower
encoraged split from ussr

48
Q

what were the consiquences for the ussr

A

ecnomic pressure
increase in military spending and army size grew to 5.8 mill troops by 1955

49
Q

what were the consiquences for the cold war

A

now a globalized war
militaraly intensified
containment worked
rollback

50
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what were the consiquences for the un

A

ability to act as world police man
seen as a tool of the us by enemies

51
Q

what were the consiquences for asia

A

nationalist uprisings became difficult
japan remained a us base

52
Q

what were the consiquences for the north and south korea

A

became a cold war fronteir
remained isolated and divided

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