Who led the Chinese Nationalist party against Mao and, when he lost, fled to Taiwan?
Chang Kai-shek
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This geographic border distinguished between the sides in 1945 and remained the contested difference between the whole Korean war
The 38th Parallel
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This hypothesis by the American Government dictated U.S. actions in Korea.
Domino Theory
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He proved this American theory could be correct by his support of communism in North Korea
Mao Zedong
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European democracies were supported after WWII through this American diplomatic program?
Marshall Plan
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This developed into the line of division between the satellite nations of the Soviet Union and the nations of NATO
Iron Curtain
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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
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This was our final defensive stronghold in response the initial communist invasion of South Korea
Pusan
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A diplomatic plan to contain communism where it is and stop it from spreading
The Truman Doctrine
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What was the main reason that the UN forces were outnumbered in North Korea?
The multiple divisions that were sent over from the Chinese
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Who replaced McArthur as a supreme UN commander due to his failures in North Korea among various other things?
Matthew Ridgeway
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What is the national geographic border between China and North Korea that McArthur wanted to nuke 50 times
Yalu River
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The name of the amphibious landing where the Us attacked Korea behind enemy lines, also known as “Operation Chromite”
Inchon
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Desegregating the army, making decisions in Korea not popular but best for country but not for him
Harry Truman
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What government act was created for World War Two veterans that redefined the American family?
GI Bill
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What were three reasons Truman didn’t run for Presidency again?
Korean War, Steel labor strike, and McCarthyism
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Marines survived off of this food for three days at the Chosin Reservoir?
Tootsie Rolls
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An American Cold War victory, this event had American planes drop rations over West Berlin over many days
Berlin Airlift
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1. This was a massacre conducted against Americans on 17 August 1950, killing 41 U.S. soldiers:
Hill 303
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North Korean troops aggressed south through the U.S. and UN troops by outnumbering them, where were they pushed south to?
Pusan
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What is the border between Korea and China that MacArthur wanted to bomb?
Yalu River
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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
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He was the leader of communist North Korea and wanted to unite Korea under his rule?
Mao Tse Tung
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This was where thousands of Americans die in North Korea that is compared to Little Big Horn
Chosin Reservoir
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The rise of the G.I. Bill and Americans becoming more educated led to families changing from multi-generational to what?