invades South Korea North Korea get permission from Russia to invade South Korea. North Korea continues to invade until the capital city‚ Seoul. North Korea doesn’t have strong army June 25‚ 1950 President of North Korea executes 100‚000 people. Syngman Rhee is worried that South Korea will join the communists‚ so he orders to kill 100‚000 people that is possible to join communist. June 27‚ 1950 The United States of America started to take part in the Korean War. President Harry S. Truman sends troops
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Due to events in Greece in 1946‚ where communists were trying to overthrow the monarchy‚ the Truman Doctrine was announced. As mentioned above‚ according to the Percentages Agreement the British were responsible for oversight of this country. However British Foreign Minister – Ernest Bevin – appealed to the USA and Truman announced in March 1947 that the USA would “support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”1. This announcement made it clear that
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Taekwondo (태권도; 跆拳道; Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛkwʌndo])[a] is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean‚ tae (태‚ 跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (권‚ 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (도‚ 道) means "way‚" "method‚" or "art." Thus‚ taekwondo may be loosely translated as "the art of the foot and fist" or "the art of kicking and punching." In 1989‚ taekwondo was the world’s most popular martial art‚ as measured by the number of practitioners.[1]
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2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column‚ and add a reference for your material in the Reference column. Japanese occupation Soviet position after war 38th parallel Truman Syngman Rhee NSC-68 Soviet support of North UN position Chinese involvement Inchon Talks at Panmunjom Martin Letter General MacArthur Stalemate POWs Armistice agreement Event Identify Significance Reference Truman Truman Doctrine of 1947
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Material Modern America Matrix Week One: 1950s The Korean War From the following list‚ choose five and identify their significance during the Korean War. Japanese occupation; Soviet position after war; 38th parallel‚ Truman; Syngman Rhee‚ NSC-68; Soviet support of North; UN position; Chinese involvement; Inchon; Talks at Panmunjom; Martin Letter; General MacArthur; Stalemate; POWs‚ Armistice agreement |Event |Significance in Korean War
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Union‚ agreed to form a joint United States-Soviet commission to assist in organizing one provisional Korean democratic government. The trusteeship proposal was immediately opposed by the majority of Korean people. Specifically the followers of Syngman Rhee who was using the issue to consolidate his domestic political base‚ was not in favor of the trusteeship
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Chapter 8: From a World War to a Cold War (Contains Cuban Missile Crisis) Why did Cold War break out? This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR Competing Ideologies: The Cold War confrontation between the USA and the USSR was a clash between the opposing ideologies of Communism (USSR) and Democracy (USA) Supporters of Democracy felt that Communism was akin to slavery and that only Democracy could offer freedom. On the
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in the election; the twice as populated South did. The joint-commission‚ established by the Russians and Americans was now replaced by UNTCOK (United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea) in the South. The anti-communist and American-supported Syngman Rhee was elected to lead this temporary government. In turn the communist government‚ in the North‚ chose Kim II-sung as lead in 1948 due his political proficiency and his readiness to take out any opposition to the communist government. With one year
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pressure on Truman in order to maintain the American Pacific ‘sphere of influence’ and the arguable major conflicts of ideologies between the nations. As well as a clash between the superpowers concerning ideologies‚ the leader of South Korea‚ Syngman Rhee‚ and the North Korean leader‚ Kim Il Sung‚ both had conflicting models for the future of Korea. Although both leaders wanted a full Korea‚ they wanted it in very different ways. The US involvement in supporting South Korea’s democratic government
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