Korean War Questions

Who led the Chinese Nationalist party against Mao and, when he lost, fled to Taiwan?

Who led the Chinese Nationalist party against Mao and, when he lost, fled to Taiwan?

Chang Kai-shek

This geographic border distinguished between the sides in 1945 and remained the contested difference between the whole Korean war

The 38th Parallel

This hypothesis by the American Government dictated U.S. actions in Korea.

Domino Theory

He proved this American theory could be correct by his support of communism in North Korea

Mao Zedong

European democracies were supported after WWII through this American diplomatic program?

Marshall Plan

This developed into the line of division between the satellite nations of the Soviet Union and the nations of NATO

Iron Curtain

This major Korean war battle was fought in conditions sub-zero temperatures with a single supply line where the United States Marines were massively outnumbered

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir

This was our final defensive stronghold in response the initial communist invasion of South Korea

Pusan

A diplomatic plan to contain communism where it is and stop it from spreading

The Truman Doctrine

What was the main reason that the UN forces were outnumbered in North Korea?

The multiple divisions that were sent over from the Chinese

Who replaced McArthur as a supreme UN commander due to his failures in North Korea among various other things?

Matthew Ridgeway

What is the national geographic border between China and North Korea that McArthur wanted to nuke 50 times

Yalu River

The name of the amphibious landing where the Us attacked Korea behind enemy lines, also known as “Operation Chromite”

Inchon

Desegregating the army, making decisions in Korea not popular but best for country but not for him

Harry Truman

What government act was created for World War Two veterans that redefined the American family?

GI Bill

What were three reasons Truman didn’t run for Presidency again?

Korean War, Steel labor strike, and McCarthyism

Marines survived off of this food for three days at the Chosin Reservoir?

Tootsie Rolls

An American Cold War victory, this event had American planes drop rations over West Berlin over many days

Berlin Airlift

1. This was a massacre conducted against Americans on 17 August 1950, killing 41 U.S. soldiers:

Hill 303

North Korean troops aggressed south through the U.S. and UN troops by outnumbering them, where were they pushed south to?

Pusan

What is the border between Korea and China that MacArthur wanted to bomb?

Yalu River

Major General O.P. Smith ordered 190 U.S. army soldiers that made up this force to open the road between Koto-ri and Hararu-ri:

59th Division

He was the leader of communist North Korea and wanted to unite Korea under his rule?

Mao Tse Tung

This was where thousands of Americans die in North Korea that is compared to Little Big Horn

Chosin Reservoir

The rise of the G.I. Bill and Americans becoming more educated led to families changing from multi-generational to what?

single family homes