korean war effect on truman and stalin & did it make world closer to nuclear war? Flashcards
would truman have been able to run for president again in 1953
yes
For how long had Truman been president for by 1952
7 years
why did Truman not run for president again in 1952
because the war in Korea had already dragged out for 2 years and by this point there was no sign that his ambition to remove communism from North Korea would actually work, and people didn’t believe he could end the war
hoe much percentage of Americans dissaproved of trumans leadership
66%
who became the American president in 1953
Eisenhower
who was Douglas Macarthur
a famously successful soldier in WW1 &2 who led the American army in the Korean war
was Macarthur for or against communism
very anti communist
what did Macarthur want to do and how did Truman react to it
wanted to start a full scale war against china, this worried Truman so he fired him in 1951
when was MacArthur fired
1951
how did firing macarthur add to Trumans unpopularity
because macarthur was popular with the population
why did stalin limit soviet intervention in the korean war
he wanted to avoid full scale war with USA
Did stalin ever try to end the korean war
no
what did Stalin do during the korean war
supplied China and North Korea
when did Stalin die
1953
did Truman and eisenhower threaten to use nuclear weapons during the korean war
they both threatened but never did
MAO made many statements dismissing the threat of what and why
nuclear war
because america’s weapons were like a ‘paper tiger’ (couldn’t withstand wind and rain and just outwardly dangerous)
what did Truman state in november 1950 is a press conference regarding nuclear weapons
that he was willing to use them
did Truman use nuclear weapons, if not what did he do
no he didn’t use them but he sent them to Korea in 1950, and Macarthur’s sucessor was given permission to use them
when were nuclear weapons sent back to America
1951
what did Eisenhower state when he became president about nuclear weapons
that if peace treaties or talks made no progress, then we was willing to use them
