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35 Cards in this Set
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Start of Korean War
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June 25,1950
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Douglas MacArthur
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UN Commander
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June 27,1953
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War end armistice
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Pynongyang
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capital of North Korea
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Communist China
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ally to North Korea
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August 6 1953 thru Sept6 1953
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period of prisoner exchanges
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Syngman Rhee
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President of South Korea
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United nations Command
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all countries fighting under the UN flag
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Seoul
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capital of South Korea
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UN Truce Teams
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negotiates to end war for UN
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38th parallel
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divided North and South Korea
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General Matthew Ridgway
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replaced MacArthur as commader of UN forces
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Republic Of Korea
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democratic South Korea
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Democratic peoples'Republic
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North Korea Conmmunism
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Idea that if one Asian nation became communist it's neighbors would too
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Domino Theory
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policy of reacting to Soviet or Chinese aggression by using nuclear weapons
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massive retaliation
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competition between the US and USSR for the most powerful nuclear arsenal
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arms race
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policy aimed at preventing the Soviet Union from extending its influence
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ceatainment
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war fought for specific goals not for total victory over the enemy
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limited war
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international peace keeping organization founded after WWII
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United Nations
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war between democracy and communism that does not involve fighting
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Cold War
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action Soviets took to protest the creation of West Germany
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Berlin Blockade
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UN body in which all member nations have a seat
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General Assembly
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UN branch most responsible for keeping world peace
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Security Council
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George Marshall comment about conditions in Europe in 1947
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the patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate
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The main purpose of the GI bill was to
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help soldiers make the transition bask to civilian life
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Who was the Republican nominee for President in 1948?
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Thomas Dewey
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Who was the commander of the United Nations forces during the Korean War?
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Douglas MacArthur
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delivered the Checkers speech to save his place on the Republican Presidential ticket
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Richard M Nixon
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led Chinese Nationalist against invading Japanese then against Chinese Communist
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Chiang Kai-shek
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ran for President on the States' Rights Democratic party ticket
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J Strom Thurmond
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was the first African American to play in a major league baseball
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Jackie Robinson
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led Chinese Communists against invading Japanese then against Chinese nationalists
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Mao Sedong
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was a former State Department official accused of treason
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Alger Illis
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led government that was established in the American zone of Korea
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Syngman Rhee
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