HISTORY MIDTERM 2011 korean war

269804140	38th Parallel	the division line of the South and North Korea after WWII
269804141	North Korea	U.S.S.R. set up a Communist government
269804142	South Korea	U.S. set up an anti-Communist government
269804143	Kim il Sung	leader of North Korea; claimed to be rightful leader of all Korea
269804144	Dr. Syngram Rhee	leader of South Korea; claimed to be rightful leader of all Korea
269804145	June 25, 1950	North Korea invaded South Korea; by September they all control over most of South Korea including Soeul-only the small area of Pusan was held by the South Korean Army
269804146	US Reaction	Truman thought the USSR was behind this; ordered limited US Air Force and Army to Korea; UN security council let the UN troops go to Korea aswell
269804147	General Douglas MacArthur	planned and led the UN in Operation Chromite
269804148	Operation Chromite	an amphibious assault to regain South Korea; UN planned to land in Inchon
269804149	Chinese entry	when the UN troops pushed the North Koreans all the way north almost to the Yalu River; Chinese felt threatened and entered the war-captured Pyongyang and headed towards Seoul; UN troops fled-longest retreat
269804150	DMZ	Demilitarized Zones- a buffer region from which military forces are barred; between the two Koreas; 2.5 wide; 155 miles long
269804151	4 outcomes of the Korean War	1.no victory on either side 2.almost no change in territory 3. 36,000 Americans died 4.2 million Korean and Chinese died
269804152	2 effects on US foreign policy	1. US showed the USSR it was willing to use force to contain Communism 2. the lack of a clear victory created uncertainty at home about our foreign policy
269804153	Korea today	DMZ still exists; 4 times North Korea have tried to dig tunnels under DMZ; DMZ="the most heavily armed and dangered border in the world"