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1
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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

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japan

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

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communists
take responciblity

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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

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38th paralell

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6
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where was the division of korea agreed

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moscow 1945

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what was the name of south korean gov

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republic of korea

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when was the south korean gov est

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may 1948

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9
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who lead the south korean gov

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rhee

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10
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what was the south korean gov accused of

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rigging elections
being undemoctatic

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how did the us offer to aid south korea

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with ecnomic and military aid but no troops

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12
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when did the us leave south korea

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mid 1949

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what was the name of the north korean gov

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democratic peoples republic of korea

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14
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when was the north korean gov set up

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sept 1948

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15
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who was the leader of the north korean gov

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Kim Il Sung

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16
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what was the north korean gov like

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a communist dictatorship

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17
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who was north korea supported by

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communist blau

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18
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what did both korean leaders want

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a united korea under their leadership

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19
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when and who confirmed the division of korea

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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

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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

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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
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how did the ussr react to UNTCOK

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

24
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who were the key players on the south side

A

mcAuthour
Truman
Dean Acheson
Sigman Rhee
NATO

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who were the key players on the north side
Mao Stalin Kim IL Sung
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who is kim il sung
president of north korea
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who is Rhee
president of south korea
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in what ways did the us cause the korean war
containment policy defensive perimiter speach
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in what ways did the un cause the korean war
agreed for the war in korea and sent troops against the north legitimised the us action
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in what ways did the S. korea cause the korean war
strongly anti-communist wanted to reunite korea
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in what ways did the N. korea cause the korean war
invaded the south and commited to using force wanted to unite korea
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in what ways did the ussr cause the korean war
gave 1600 peices of artilary along with many other armerments to north korea
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in what ways did china cause the korean war
once the south reached their border they committed many men and armements for north korea openly helped and supported the north from the begining
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when did north korea invade the south first and with how many troops
jure 25th 1950 70,000
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how far into south korea did the north origionaly get
up to the pusan perimiter
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when were the incon landings
september 1950
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how many troops were at the incon landings
300,000
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when does McAuthur invade north korea
7th of october 1905
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how far did the south make it after invading the north
up to the chinese border
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when did china deploy troops
25th november 1950
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how many troops did china intialy deploy
200,000
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what was importand about the south invading the north
signifys a change in us policy from containment to roll back
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by when had the north taken soul for the second time
janurary 1951
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when did the south retake the 38th paralell for the second time
march 1951
44
what was chinas tactic
human wave
45
when did the armistice get signed
july 27th 1953
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what were the consiquences for the us
increase in military spending 300% roll back limeted war
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what were the consiquences for the china
up to 1 mill casualtys large finacial loss a cold war superpower encoraged split from ussr
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what were the consiquences for the ussr
ecnomic pressure increase in military spending and army size grew to 5.8 mill troops by 1955
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what were the consiquences for the cold war
now a globalized war militaraly intensified containment worked rollback
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what were the consiquences for the un
ability to act as world police man seen as a tool of the us by enemies
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what were the consiquences for asia
nationalist uprisings became difficult japan remained a us base
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what were the consiquences for the north and south korea
became a cold war fronteir remained isolated and divided

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