Us History

6.04 Christian shinn

Somebody… | Wanted | But | So |

North Korea | Revenge against Japan | Conflicts continued to rise amongst countries | War started with the US and South Korea |

General MacArthur | Wanted to win china over before they became communist with the soviet Union | He could not be general anymore and China was controlled by the Communist mess. | Stopped messing with China, but failed to get them to become a democracy. |

President Truman | Did not want ww3 | When China fell to communist control | People thought that he should’ve done more to stop it. |

China | Wanted to help North Korea fight against South Korea and UN. | The war ended once they jumped in it | China became a communist in the end. |

United Nations | Peace and to protect allied nations | Had to get involved in another war because they were allied with south korea and had to help them | Pushed North Korea back to there borders |

1. How did General Douglas MacArthur react to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War?

General Douglas MacArthur was the leader of the UN troops. He took some of the UN troops and ambushed the North Korean forces from behind, thus trapping the North Koreans between them and the UN forces on the front-lines. He also wanted to invade China in order to reestablish a democratic political system in China.

2. How did President Truman respond to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War?

President Truman assigned General Douglas MacArthur as the leader of the UN troops. Truman wanted to restore peace in North and South Korea as soon as possible. Under no circumstances did Truman want to give the Chinese a reason to enter the war. He wanted MacArthur to stay away from the Chinese border.

3. Which leader’s actions were the most justifiable - General MacArthur’s or President Truman’s? Support your claim with evidence from the lesson.

I believe that President Truman’s actions were the most justifiable...