The Korean War Leaders Government Countries Elements of the war 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 The leader of North Korea during the Korean War. Menu Answer Who was Kim-Il-Sung? Menu The President of the United States at the beginning of the Korean War. Menu Answer Who was Harry Truman? Menu The Commander and Chief of the U.N forces? Menu Answer Who was Douglas MacArthur? Menu President of South Korea during the Korean War Menu Answer Who was Syngman Rhee Menu government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. Menu Answer What is Democracy? Menu a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. Menu Answer What is Communism? Menu a theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, especially Communist, neighbor, party, or the like, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another. Menu Answer What is the Domino Theory? Menu stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or it would spread to neighboring countries. Menu Answer What is the Containment Policy? Menu The country that was invaded which started the Korean War. Menu Answer What is South Korea? Menu The country that invaded South Korea and started the Korean War? Menu Answer What is North Korea? Menu The country that sent troops to South Korea to help defend and repel the invaders. Menu Answer What is the United States? Menu The country that originally was not a part of the Korean Conflict but joined later and caused many problems for the United States. Menu Answer What is China? Menu The name of the line that separates North and South Korea Menu Answer What is the Menu th 38 Parallel? Another name for the Korean War Menu Answer What is the Forgotten War? Menu These two countries supported the communist regime in the north Menu Answer What is China and the Soviet Union? Menu This was agreed upon to end the Korean War on July 27th, 1953 Menu Answer What is an Armistice? Menu