1. WHICH SIDE DID THE UNITED
STATES SUPPORT AND WHY?
 CHINA
 NATIONALIST
 BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED COMMUNISM
 KOREA
 SOUTH KOREA
 BECAUSE IT WAS DEMOCRATIC AND NORTH KOREA
WAS COMMUNIST
2. WHAT DID THE UNITED STATES DO
TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE
WAR
 CHINA
 SENT THA NATIONALISTS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
 TRIED TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE WAR
 KOREA
 PROVIDED NAVAL AND AIR SUPPORT
 SENT TROOPS
 WENT TO WAR
3. WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF
THE WAR?
 CHINA
 THE COMMUNIST WON THE WAR, FORCING THE
NATIONALIST TO FLEE TO TAIWAN
 KOREA
 STALEMATE
 KOREA REMAINED TWO NATIONS DIVIDED BY A
DEMILITARIZED ZONE
 THE UNITED STATES LOST 54,000 AMERICAN
LIVES AND SPENT $67 BILLION
4. HOW DID THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
REACT TO THAT OUTCOME, AND
WHY?
 CHINA
 WITH SHOCK, ANGER, AND FEAR
 AMERICANS COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT THE
POLICY OF CONTAINMENT HAD FAILED AND
DEMANDED EXPLANATIONS FROM THE
GOVERNMENT
 KOREA
 WITH DISMAY
 THE HIGH COSTS OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL WAR
LED AMERICANS TO REJECT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
MAO ZEDONG
 LED THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN CHINA
 HE WON PEASANT SUPPORT, AND HELPED TO
TEACH THEM HOW TO READ AND WRITE
 BY 1945 CONTROLLED MUCH OF NORTHERN
CHINA
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
 WAS THE LEADER OF THE CHINESE
NATIONALIST PARTY
 HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES
 BEGAN TO LOSE SUPPORT BECAUSE OF HIS
POLICIES
TAIWAN (FORMOSA)
 ISLAND OF THE EASTERN COAST OF CHINA
THAT THE NATIONALIST FLED TO AFTER THEIR
DEFEAT
 THE UNITED STATES HELPED TO SET UP A
GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISLAND CALLED “THE
REPUBLIC OF CHINA”
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38
PARALLEL
 AFTER WORLD WAR II JAPANESE TROOPS
NORTH OF THE 38TH PARALLEL SURRENDERED
TO SOVIET FORCES AND JAPANESE FORCES
SOUTH OF THE 38TH PARALLEL SURRENDERED
TO THE UNITED STATES
 IN 1948 “THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA” (SOUTH
KOREA WAS ESTABLISHED
 THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
KOREA (NORTH KOREA) WAS ESTABLISHED