“The Korean War” Outline

READ THE U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOK FROM PAGES 406-411 and ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE OUTLINE BELOW.

  1. Communists Gain Control of China
  2. Why was there a civil war in China before 1937? (406)
  1. What brought the Chinese Civil War to a temporary end? (406)
  1. How were the U.S. and the Soviet Union involved in this conflict after WWII? (406)
  1. How come Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jeshi) never gained the support of the Chinese people? (406)
  1. Why was Mao Zedong so popular? (406)
  1. How come the U.S. did not send troops to defeat Mao before he came to power? (407)
  1. What happened to Chiang Kai-Shek after Mao’s Communist Party took over China? (407)
  1. What did the U.S. promise Taiwan?
  1. Americans Fight in Korea
  2. What happened to Korea after WWII? (407)
  1. What kind of government did the Soviet Union create in North Korea? (407)
  1. What kind of government did the U.S. create in South Korea? (407)
  1. Why did the U.S. create this kind of government? (407)
  1. When did the U.S. first withdraw from South Korea? (407)
  1. When did North Korea attack South Korea? (407)
  1. Why did they wait until then? (407)
  1. Were they successful? (407)
  1. Why did the U.S. pledge to aid the South Korean anti-communists? (407)
  1. What did the U.S. do before it went to war? (407)
  1. How come the Soviet Union did not stop this? (407)
  1. Did Truman launch the war in a constitutional way? (408)
  1. Where did U.S. troops come from? (408)
  1. Were they prepared for the Korean War? (408)
  1. What was General MacArthur’s plan to defeat North Korea? (408)
  1. How did this plan work? (409)
  1. What did China warn the U.S. not to do? (409)
  1. How did MacArthur view this warning? (409)
  1. What did the U.S. do because of this? (409)
  1. How did China respond on November 25, 1950? (409-410)
  1. How did MacArthur want to deal with China? (410)
  1. Why was Truman against this strategy? (410)
  1. How did MacArthur attempt to get his way? (410)
  1. What did Truman do because of this? (410)
  1. How did Truman’s actions damage the Democratic Party? (410)
  1. The Korean War Has Lasting Effects
  2. What happened in the Korean War between spring 1951 and 1953? (410)
  1. How did Republican presidential candidate Dwight P Eisenhower make the Korean War a political issue? (410)
  1. What did he threaten to do when he was elected? (411)
  1. Why did the Communists settle the Korean War? (411)
  1. When was the ceasefire declared? (411)
  1. How come neither side emerged victorious in the Korean War? (411)
  1. What precedent did Truman set? (411)
  1. How much did the Cold War increase government military spending? (411)
  1. What alliance did the U.S. create in Asia? (411)