The Cold War: Korea by marissa meadows

Marissa Meadows

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:10:04 UTC

A conflict that lasted from 1950 to 1953 between north Korea, aided by china, and south Korea, aided by the united nations forces consisting primarily U.S. troops.

Shavashia Grant/Korean War

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:14:47 UTC

Who:

Korean War was a war between two countries: North and South Korea.

Leaders:

United States: Harry S. Truman

Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin

North Korea: Kim II-sung

U.S Secretary of State Dean Acheson

What:

The Korean War was a war that started off as a civil war between North and South Korea, but later rose to an international conflict, involving the United States, and Soviet Union.

United States helped South Korea

Soviet Union helped North Korea

When:

The Korean War started in 1950-1953

Where:

The war took place in Asia.

Why:

The war started over an invasion in South Korea by North Korea. The war also started to stop communism and in order to do that the United States resolved to defend South Korea in a way that communism will not start in that country.

Shavashia Grant/38th Parallel

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:25:05 UTC

It was a split by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, where half was communism and the other half was democracy.

Shavashia Grant/Korean War Memorial

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:29:23 UTC

Korean War Memorial located in Washington D.C which commemorates those who served in the Korean War.

Shavashia Grant/ Korean War

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:34:20 UTC

This picture shows the different sights from different angles of how the Korean War really looked.

Shavashia Grant/Korean War Fallen Soldier

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:38:40 UTC

This picture shows a fallen soldier in the time of the Korean War.

Marissa Meadows/ importance of the struggle

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:41:19 UTC

The U.S. occupied the southern half of Korea. South of the 38th parallel, North Korea,

that area of the Korean peninsula north of the 38th parallel became communist, while

South Korea was the province of a nationalist. The war was a struggle for world domination

of their competing ideologies of the USSR which was communism and the U.S which was

democratic.

Shavashia Grant/North Korea

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:41:57 UTC

This picture shows a map of North Korea.

Shavashia Grant/South Korea

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:43:30 UTC

This picture shows a map of South Korea.

Tamieyah Ford/ Political Cartoon

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:44:17 UTC

This political cartoon shows how the U.N.O. is splitting up the two countries. Basically it shows the separation of the two Korea's.

Marissa Meadows, Shavashia Grant, and Tamieyah Ford. Work Cited:

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-28 13:44:57 UTC

history.state.gov

americanhistory.si.edu.
Textbook- 787-789;
Koreanwar. gov
http://www.pbs.org

Marissa Meadows/ Impact on America

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-31 13:01:48 UTC

The Korean war had a very profound impact on the U.S. it cost a little

over two billion dollars in supplies for the troops and it cost 54,291

in American lives. Still today their is not a peace treaty agreement, we still

have soldiers over there, and Korea is still threatening the U.S.

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-31 13:14:53 UTC

Shavahshia Grant/Truman Sacks General MacArthur Video

marissa3meadows — 2014-03-31 13:22:25 UTC