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2 The Arms Race Begins The Soviet Union had successfully exploded an atomic bomb in 1949. The United States developed the Hydrogen bomb in 1952, hundreds of times more powerful than the fission bomb. The next year, the Soviets successfully tested a hydrogen bomb ….

3 We “lose” China… 1949- Mao Zedung’s Communists win Civil War…

4 The Korean War,

5 “Proxy War”- when the conflict between the US and USSR is played out in another country

6 Communist North Korea invades South Korea
THE UNITED NATIONS CONDEMNS ACTION of North Korea

7 South Korea asks for help. The newly created U. N. condemns the action
South Korea asks for help. The newly created U.N. condemns the action. Should the United States commit to helping South Korea?

8 Congress does not declare War
Truman supports the UN resolution and orders US troops under GENERAL MACARTHUR to assist South Korea 80% of Troops were American Almost 2 million men

9 Truman supports UN resolution and commits (2 million) troops to the “police action”
QUESTION: Constitutionally, how does this precedent impact the balance of power between the executive (President) and legislative (Congress) branches when it comes to foreign affairs?

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12 Chinese involvement China responds by sending down an army of 300,000
THE DEBATE: (MacArthur criticizes Truman to press and Republicans MacArthur: Attack China!; FREE NORTH KOREA; defeat the enemy! use nuclear weapons if necessary What is the strength of this argument? Truman: military action is limited to freeing South Korea;

13 Why is it important that a civilian is at the top of the military chain of command in our constitution?

14 War ends in Stalemate 1951-53- stalemate
1953- New President Eisenhower gets ceasefire War technically still on Modern border decided on

15 Cost of “forgotten war”
54,000 dead Americans $67,000,000

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17 CONTAINMENT Mind Map or timeline:
For each event, Briefly describe/ identify event If not obvious in description, state how it is an example of containment Create an image EVENTS: Truman Doctrine (Greece, Turkey) Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Joining NATO Korean War 30 pts (6 pts each)

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