Korea

Question 1

How was Korea split after WW2?

Answer 1

Into North and South between the 38th parallel
Soviets took over north
USA took over south

Question 2

What year did China become communist, and by who?

Answer 2

1949

Mao Tse Tung

Question 3

When did Russia first test an atomic bomb?

And USA leave South Korea?

Answer 3

1949

Question 4

What were the vibes after 1949?

Answer 4

• South felt isolated and scared
• North Korea and China formed an alliance
• USA worried Communism would take over Asia

Question 5

Who ruled North Korea in 1950?

Answer 5

Kim Il-Sung

Question 6

Why was the North Korean Leader confident?

Answer 6

Had communist support of:
Soviets - Stalin
China - Mao Zedong

Question 7

When did the North first invade the South?

Answer 7

25th June 1950

Question 8

Why did the USA decide to get involved in Korea?

Answer 8

• Close with the Republic of Korea
• policy of containment
• wanted to spark more anti-communist movements
• Suspected USSR involvement

Question 9

Why did the UN get involved in Korea?

Answer 9

• Truman wanted the support of other countries
• Truman had a lot of say in the UN as the USA were key investors
• Didn’t want the USA to seem too hostile
• Stronger, scarier force
• the commander (MacArthur) was American

Question 10

|What happened in SEPTEMBER 1950?

2 points

Answer 10

• UN forces storm at INCHON

- Within weeks the North/South border is back at the 38th parallel

Question 11

Early OCTOBER 1950?

Answer 11

The south pushed North Korea beyond the border, despite Chinese warning
They Reached the Yalu river (the Chinese border)

Question 12

What happened in late OCTOBER 1950?

Answer 12

• 200,000 Chinese troops joined north Koreans
• their soldiers were taught to hate Americans
• The USSR supplied tanks and modern weapons
• UN pushed back to South border

Question 13

What was winter 1950-1 like?

Answer 13

• Worst conditions the USA had faced (Cold storms)

- Chinese forces were used to it

Question 14

What led to the fall of MacArthur?

Answer 14

• MacArthur wanted to carry on the war and use nuclear weapons
• Truman just wanted to save Korea
• UN convinced Truman not to attack otherwise USSR would get involved
• MacArthur threatened an attack on China
• Truman removed M from command

Question 15

June 1951?

Answer 15

• fighting reached a stalemate at the 38th parallel
• Peace talks began
• Bitter fighting for 2 more year

Question 16

When was Truman replaced with Eisenhower?

And when did Stalin die and replaced by Khrushchev?

Answer 16

January 1953

March 1953

Question 17

When was peace settled and the border left alone?

Answer 17

July 1953

Question 18

Effects of the war?

Answer 18

54,000 US casualties
500,000 Chinese casualties
3 million Korean casualties