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1. In document #1 how was Korea separated by the United Nations? ____________________________
2. In document #1 what kind of trucks are crossing the 38th parallel? ____________________________
3. Describe the scene in document #1 ___________________________________________________
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4. Speculate why Korea was divided in half, who was in charge in the North and the South? ____________
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5. In document #2 what did MacArthur want to do in Korea? __________________________________
6. In document #2 infer if this might have made the Chinese mad? _____________________________
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7. In document #3 what was Gromyko warning about? _______________________________________
8. In document #3 speculate why Russia is providing evidence against the U.S.? ___________________
9. In document #4 what is the tone of the radio broadcast? _________________________________
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10. In document #4 what were the Chinese warning the U.S. about? _____________________________
11. How did the Korean War impact the cold war between the U.S. and USSR? ________________
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Korean War- Soapstone
Document #1
Document #2
General Douglas
MacArthur.
Congressional
testimony, May 3, 1951
My mission was to clear
out all North Korea, to
unify it and to liberalize
it.
Source: “The Korean War.” Harry
S. Truman Museum and Librar,
Document #3
Andrei A. Gromyko:
He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet
Union (1957–1985)
Letter to the Communist party- On American
intervention in Korea. July 4, 1950
The events now taking place in Korea broke out on
June 25 as the result of a provocative attack by the
troops of the South Korean authorities on the frontier
areas of the Korean People’s Democratic Republic.
This attack was the outcome of a premeditated plan.
From time to time Syngman Rhee himself and other
representatives of the South Korean authorities had
blurted out the fact that the South Korean Syngman
Rhee clique had such a plan.
As long ago as October 7, 1949, Syngman Rhee,
boasting of success in training his army, stated
outright, in an interview given to an American United
Press correspondent, that the South Korean Army
could capture Pyongyang in the course of three days.
Source: Modern History Sourcebook, Internet History
Sourcebook Project, Paul Halsall, ed.,
Document #4
Excerpt from broadcast on Radio Peking,China.
October 10, 1950- propaganda radio telecasts were
used to influence the American soldiers in the area.
The American War of intervention in Korea
has been a serious menace to the security of
China from the very start. … The Chinese
people cannot stand idly by with regard to
such a serious situation—created by the
invasion of Korea by the United States and its
accomplice countries and to the dangerous
trend toward extending the war. The Chinese
people firmly advocate a peaceful resolution to
the Korean problem and are firmly opposed to
the extension of the Korean War by America.
Source: TeachingAmericanHistory.Org, 2006. Ashbrook Center
for Public Affairs,
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentpri
nt=912
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Answer Key
1. 38 parallel
2. military trucks
3. many military trucks are crossing the bridge at the 38th parallel which divides N. Korea from
S. Korea
4. North = communism, South =democracy
5. To unify Korea into a democratic nation
6. North wanted to remain communist
7. the South Korean Army could capture Pyongyang in the course of three days.
8. To prepare for war with the United States. To prevent North Korea from being occupied by
the U.S. forces.
9. Defensive, firm
10. If the U.S. intervenes in N. Korea, the Chinese will fight back.
11. increased the tension between the U.S. and USSR
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