1. 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. 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. 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. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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”

8. 38TH 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