2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column‚ and add a reference for your material in the Reference column. Japanese occupation Soviet position after war 38th parallel Truman Syngman Rhee NSC-68 Soviet support of North UN position Chinese involvement Inchon Talks at Panmunjom Martin Letter General MacArthur Stalemate POWs Armistice agreement Event Identify Significance Reference Truman Truman Doctrine of 1947
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Material Modern America Matrix Week One: 1950s The Korean War From the following list‚ choose five and identify their significance during the Korean War. Japanese occupation; Soviet position after war; 38th parallel‚ Truman; Syngman Rhee‚ NSC-68; Soviet support of North; UN position; Chinese involvement; Inchon; Talks at Panmunjom; Martin Letter; General MacArthur; Stalemate; POWs‚ Armistice agreement |Event |Significance in Korean War
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Union‚ agreed to form a joint United States-Soviet commission to assist in organizing one provisional Korean democratic government. The trusteeship proposal was immediately opposed by the majority of Korean people. Specifically the followers of Syngman Rhee who was using the issue to consolidate his domestic political base‚ was not in favor of the trusteeship
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pressure on Truman in order to maintain the American Pacific ‘sphere of influence’ and the arguable major conflicts of ideologies between the nations. As well as a clash between the superpowers concerning ideologies‚ the leader of South Korea‚ Syngman Rhee‚ and the North Korean leader‚ Kim Il Sung‚ both had conflicting models for the future of Korea. Although both leaders wanted a full Korea‚ they wanted it in very different ways. The US involvement in supporting South Korea’s democratic government
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Chapter 8: From a World War to a Cold War (Contains Cuban Missile Crisis) Why did Cold War break out? This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR Competing Ideologies: The Cold War confrontation between the USA and the USSR was a clash between the opposing ideologies of Communism (USSR) and Democracy (USA) Supporters of Democracy felt that Communism was akin to slavery and that only Democracy could offer freedom. On the
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in the election; the twice as populated South did. The joint-commission‚ established by the Russians and Americans was now replaced by UNTCOK (United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea) in the South. The anti-communist and American-supported Syngman Rhee was elected to lead this temporary government. In turn the communist government‚ in the North‚ chose Kim II-sung as lead in 1948 due his political proficiency and his readiness to take out any opposition to the communist government. With one year
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would look to introduce communism. The Korean War is an example of how the containment policy was a success. Once the Japanese invasion of Korea had ended after the second world war‚ Korea had elected their first president of the Republic of Korea‚ Syngman Rhee. Up in the North‚ the North Korean People’s Army was officially activated‚ previously being ruled by Soviet troops. All
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would last for decades. * To this day‚ American troops are staitioned along the border between the Koreas and there are still reports of sporadic firing. * The war also created a strong bond between South Korea and the United States. * Syngman Rhee’s southern regime became even more dictatorial‚ and in 1960 he resigned after student riots. South Korea only became more unstable with his departure‚ and it is only in the last two decades that South Korea has really seen sustained economic
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Nazi-Soviet Pact stand. They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe. | 4. (TCO 3) China’s Communists finally won the long civil war under the leadership of (Points : 2) | Mao Zedong. Kim Il Sung. Syngman Rhee. Chiang Kai-shek. | 5. (TCO 3) What city was divided during the Cold War and became a hotspot for espionage and intrigue? (Points : 2) | Paris. London. Berlin. Rome. | 6. (TCO 4) What was one reason
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