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Korean War (Process (MacArthur (pushed the North back (up to the Chinese…
Korean War
Process
MacArthur
pushed the North back
up to the Chinese border
Chinese thought as a threat
sent soldiers
MacArthur wanted to extend the war to China
Harry Truman fired him
didn't want WWIII
Cease-fire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
the U.S. president
negotiated with North Korea & China
maintain the 38th parallel
DMZ
soldiers guard the area
Nowadays
North Korea is more isolated
Invasion of North Korea
Kim Il Sung
leader of North Korea
wanted to reunite the peninsula
communism
Harry Truman
the U.S. president
asked U.N for help
American troops arrived
General Douglas MacArthur
Before division
Korea
Japanese colony
35yrs.
independent
1945
Japanese defeat
WWII
Division
North & South
38th parallel
North
communist
economic system
wealth distributed equally
dictatorship :(
occupied by Soviet Union
South
non-communist
occupied by America
Cold War
tension
50 yrs
Soviet Union
spread communism
America & Europe
stop spread of communism