The Forgotten War: Webquest
Use the urls or your own research to answer the following
questions on the Korean War:
https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war
https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War
https://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/koreanwar/section1
/
https://history.army.mil/reference/Korea/kw-chrono.htm#phase01
1. The Korean War can basically be broken into four (4) key stages. Identify them.
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. On June 25, 1950 the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to
demand an end to hostilities and an immediate withdrawal by North Korea to the
38th parallel. Why was this vote unanimous considering the fact that the Soviet
Union had a seat (vote) on the Security Council?
3. Why did PresidentTruman and the U.N. send troops to Korea?
4. Identify the following:
a. Dividing line between North Korea and South Korea:
b. The capital city of North Korea:
c. The capital city of South Korea:
5. When U.N. forces first entered the conflict they were forced into a retreat, where
on the peninsula were U.N. forces able to set up a defensive perimeter?
6. What was the significance of the landing of US forces at the port of Inchon?
7. How did South Korean and U.N. forces fight their way out of Pusan?
8. Why did the Communist Chinese Army intervene in the Korean War?
9. What were total casualties estimated at for the two sides?
a. North Korean and Chinese
b. United Nations:
10.At the conclusion of the Korean War 8,100 American servicemen were never
accounted for. What do we presume happened to them?
11.In 1953, what were the terms (provide two (2) examples) of the cease-fire
between the Communist forces and the UN that stopped the fighting in Korea?
a.
b.
12.Why is this war often referred to as the “forgotten war”?
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