18.2 Critical Thinking
• 1. What precipitated renewed civil war in China?
Japan left China at the end of WWII; Nationalists and Commies
who were fighting together against Japan went back to fighting
each other
• 2. What was the outcome of the civil war in China?
Chaing and his nationalist fled China and moved to Taiwan
• 3. How did the outcome of the Chinese civil war affect
American Politics?
Conservatives claimed that commie agents were at work in the US
government. The fear it caused led to another Red Scare.
• 4. How did Korea become divided into two countries?
Japanese north of the 38th Parrallel surrendered to the Soviets and
in the south the surrendered to the US.
• 5. How did the Korean War start?
North Korea led a supprise attack into the south
18.2 Critical Thinking
• 6. Why did the US go to the aid of South Korea?
Truman wanted to show US military strength
• 7. What did MacArthur’s counterattack at Ichon
accomplish?
Trapped North Korean troops and forced them flee back north
• 8. What brought China into the war?
Did not want Americans on their border and wanted a commie
buffer country to protect Manchuria
• 9. What caused the disagreement between MacArthur
and Truman?
MacArthur criticized Truman for not continuing north to take all of
Korea and waging a full out war against China
• 10. How did the Korean War end?
Stalemate: Commies had been pushed back but Korea remained
divided into two countries
The Cold War Heats Up
• In your note book, divide the page into 3
columns. Make the column on the left
smaller than the other 2
• Above the column in the middle write: Civil
War in China
• Above the column on the right, write: Civil
War in Korea
The Cold War Heats Up
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•
Draw 4 lines across the page so that you have
12 boxes
In the boxes on the left, write the following
questions:
1. Which side did the US support, and why?
2. What did the US do to affect the outcome of the
war?
3. What was the outcome of the war?
4. How did the American public react to that outcome
and why?
•
In groups of 2, answer the questions for both
columns
The Cold War Heats Up
1. Which side did the US support, and why?
C: Nationalists; they opposed communism
K: SK; it was democratic & NK was commie
2. What did the US do to affect the outcome of the war?
C: sent Nationalists billions of dollars in military equipment and
supplies, tried to negotiate and end to the war
K: provided naval & air support, sent troops, went to war
3. What was the outcome of the war?
C: Commies won the war & forced Nationalists to flee to Taiwan
K: stalemate, KOR remained divided, US lost 54,000 lives & $67
billion
4. How did the American public react to that outcome and why?
C: shock, anger, & fear; Americans could not believe that containment
had failed and demanded answers from gov’t
K: dismay; high costs of unsuccessful war led Americans to reject
Democratic party