US history Ch Post War Korean ,Cold
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- Start of Korean War
- June 25,1950
- Douglas MacArthur
- UN Commander
- June 27,1953
- War end armistice
- Pynongyang
- capital of North Korea
- Communist China
- ally to North Korea
- August 6 1953 thru Sept6 1953
- period of prisoner exchanges
- Syngman Rhee
- President of South Korea
- United nations Command
- all countries fighting under the UN flag
- Seoul
- capital of South Korea
- UN Truce Teams
- negotiates to end war for UN
- 38th parallel
- divided North and South Korea
- General Matthew Ridgway
- replaced MacArthur as commader of UN forces
- Republic Of Korea
- democratic South Korea
- Democratic peoples'Republic
- North Korea Conmmunism
- Idea that if one Asian nation became communist it's neighbors would too
- Domino Theory
- policy of reacting to Soviet or Chinese aggression by using nuclear weapons
- massive retaliation
- competition between the US and USSR for the most powerful nuclear arsenal
- arms race
- policy aimed at preventing the Soviet Union from extending its influence
- ceatainment
- war fought for specific goals not for total victory over the enemy
- limited war
- international peace keeping organization founded after WWII
- United Nations
- war between democracy and communism that does not involve fighting
- Cold War
- action Soviets took to protest the creation of West Germany
- Berlin Blockade
- UN body in which all member nations have a seat
- General Assembly
- UN branch most responsible for keeping world peace
- Security Council
- George Marshall comment about conditions in Europe in 1947
- the patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate
- The main purpose of the GI bill was to
- help soldiers make the transition bask to civilian life
- Who was the Republican nominee for President in 1948?
- Thomas Dewey
- Who was the commander of the United Nations forces during the Korean War?
- Douglas MacArthur
- delivered the Checkers speech to save his place on the Republican Presidential ticket
- Richard M Nixon
- led Chinese Nationalist against invading Japanese then against Chinese Communist
- Chiang Kai-shek
- ran for President on the States' Rights Democratic party ticket
- J Strom Thurmond
- was the first African American to play in a major league baseball
- Jackie Robinson
- led Chinese Communists against invading Japanese then against Chinese nationalists
- Mao Sedong
- was a former State Department official accused of treason
- Alger Illis
- led government that was established in the American zone of Korea
- Syngman Rhee