The Korean War (1950–armistice‚ 1953)[28] was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea‚ supported by the United Nations‚ and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‚ supported by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World
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To what extent do you think the Soviets were responsible for the North Korean attack in June 1950? • Stalin encouraged the North Korean president (Kim Il Sung) to invade South Korea in order to create a Korea that was led by him • The Soviets were in charge of Manchuria and the area around North Korea • Koreans were miserably treated by the Japanese during the Japanese invasion; the Koreans were made to work — by force • Japanese thought they were superior to the Koreans • When Mao came to
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The Meaning of theMaine: Causation and the Historiography of the Spanish-American War At 9:40 p.m. on February 15‚ 1898‚the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor.The explosion occurred in the forwardpart of the vessel‚ near the port side‚ and almostdirectlyunder the enlistedmen’s quarters.The loss of life was staggering:out of a complementof 354 officers and a totalof 266 perished in the explosion. men‚ The destruction theMaine had immediateinternational of These were troubledtimesbetweenthe
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Mga uri ng Pagsulat: I. Akademik a. Lab Report Transpiration Prepared for: Dr. Chuks Ogbonnaya By: Deborah A. Smith February 27‚ 1990 Introduction Transpiration is the evaporation of water particles from plant surfaces‚ especially from the surface openings‚ or stomates‚ on leaves. Stomatal transpiration accounts for most of the water loss by a plant‚ but some direct evaporation also takes place through the surfaces of the epidermal cells of the leaves. The amount
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airlift‚ Korean War‚ the creation of the NATO and the creation of NSC-68 (which recommended increasing the military budget three-fold). Then‚ Eisenhower greatly expanded this policy. More than containment‚ Eisenhower’s Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wanted to “rollback” the communist extension. He also increased the tensions of the arm race with his “massive retaliation” policy‚ leading to “brinkmanship”. Its consequence is the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 . To contain communism more effectively
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Committees which were dominated by communist and formed the basis of the government in the North. Therefore‚ when USA and USSR withdrew their army from Korea as previously agreed‚ South Korea was now dangerously exposed. When a US Special Envoy named Dulles came and Visit Seoul‚ Rhee asked US for help. However no promises were given. And this marked the day military forces from North Korea attacked the South‚ the 25th June 1950. As mentioned above‚ the war was supposed to be a civil war over the unification
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Pyongyang…in three days. And an all-Korean border with Manchuria would be easier to defend than the 38th parallel.” In 1950‚ when John Foster Dulles visited Korea‚ Rhee dwelled on the topics of a North Korean attack and US protection. Refusing to allow Dulles to evade the topic‚ Rhee kept asking‚ “But what if there is an attack?” The evasive stance Dulles took towards Rhee was characteristic of the initial American attitude towards Korean talk of war. In 1949 the US reduced aid and pulled their troops
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Terror Attacks Of September 11th “What separates us from the animals‚ what separates us from the chaos‚ is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.” - David Levithan. Just under fourteen years ago we were attacked on our own soil for the first time since December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Although I wasn’t old enough to remember this day I feel like I was one of the millions of Americans to witness the terror attacks on September 11‚ 2001. September 11th was a horrific
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American Studies Unit Test Study Guide 8 Cold War Conflicts * Communism: state controlled all property and economic activity; totalitarian government with no opposing parties * Capitalism: private citizens controlled all economic activity; people vote * Distrust: (USSR) Stalin resented the Western Allies’ delay in attacking the Germans in Europe and US’s secret development of Atomic bomb; (US) Stalin’s 1939 non-aggression pact with Hitler‚ and he prevented free elections in Poland
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Jesuits are the Society of Jesus‚ a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. After being seriously wounded in the Battle in 1521‚ he underwent a spiritual conversion while in recovery from his injuries to leave his military life and devote himself to labor for God‚ following the example of Francis of Assisi. Between 1524 and 1537‚ Ignatius studied theology and Latin in at university in Spain and then in Paris. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during
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