Korean War

Kim Il Sung

Leader of N Korea

Syngman Rhee

Leader of South Korea

President Truman

US President

General MacArthur

US General led UN army in Korea

Stalin

US believed he was the mastermind behind N Korea's invasion of S Korea

China

Country that became communist in 1949

Domino Theory

President Eisenhower's belief that once one country falls to communism the surrounding nations would also fall.

Policy of containment

US policy to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggressive moves

Truman Doctrine

Promise made by the U.S. In 1947 that they would support any nation threatened by Communism.

Yalu River

River separating North Korea and China.

38th Parallel

The dividing line between South and North Korea.

N Korea

Communist country

S Korea

Non communist country

United Nations

An international peacekeeping organization that was created in 1945

Atomic bomb

USSR first tested this in 1949

Nuclear weapons

General MacArthur wanted to use these to 'roll back' communism in N Korea and China

25 June 1950

Date N Korea invaded S Korea

1953

Ceasefire between N Korea and S Korea agreed

Stalemate

Described state of war between N and S Korea 1951 to 1953

Bitter

Relations between N Korea and S Korea

90%

% American forces made up UN army

McCarthyism

practice of making accusations of treason without regard for evidence

SEATO

An international organization for defense which was signed on September 8, 1954 in Manila.

Appeasement

to give in when it is wrong to do so

Ceasefire

a temporary stopping of warfare

Panmunjom

place where peace talks were held in 1951

Dwight D. Eisenhower

became the U.S. President in 1953

Korean War

first military action of the Cold War

5 million

number of casualties in Korean War

Proxy War

a war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved

Proxy War

a war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved.

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