Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: An ______ in the Korean War occurred after the US became involved.
- 'escalation' ✓
- Which country led an invasion that triggered the Korean War?
- North Korea ✓
- South Korea
- USA
- USSR
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- Who advised President Truman to launch a nuclear attack on China?
- General Douglas MacArthur ✓
- Marshal Joseph Stalin
- Chairman Mao Zedong
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- Which word describes a situation in which neither group involved in a conflict can win or get an advantage?
- 'stalemate' ✓
- What would have meant an 'appeasement of communism' in the eyes of many Americans?
- invading North Korea
- not invading North Korea ✓
- invading South Korea
- not invading South Korea
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- When did China join the Korean War?
- August 1950
- September 1950
- October 1950 ✓
- November 1950
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Exit quiz
- Write the missing word: The Korean War has been often considered the first proxy war between the ______ during the Cold War.
- 'superpowers' ✓
- The USA had a roll back strategy in Korea. What was this strategy?
- trying to remove countries from communist control ✓
- trying to stop the spread of communism to countries
- trying to destabilise capitalist countries
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- Complete the sentence: The pre-war border between North and South Korea was located on the...
- '38th parallel' ✓
- How did President Eisenhower decide to manage the Korean War in 1953?
- decided to continue the proxy war
- accepted Soviet control over all of Korea
- agreed an armistice to end the fighting ✓
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- How did the USSR participate in the Korean War?
- gave financial aid to China and North Korea ✓
- sent an army once China was threatened
- provided tanks and other supplies ✓
- readied nuclear weapons to be used by North Korea
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- How did the Korean War put strain on Sino-Soviet relations?
- Stalin agreed to support China, then went back on his word.
- Stalin limited the support he gave to China. ✓
- Stalin fully supported China but did not do anything to prove it.
- Stalin charged China the full price for supplies. ✓
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Key learning points
- The Korean War ended in 1953.
- The USA rollback strategy failed during the Korean War.
- The Korean War was a proxy war between the USA and USSR.
- Proxy wars allowed the superpowers to avoid direct conflict.
- Soviet influence over China grew during and immediately after the war.
Common misconception
The USSR only experienced benefits from the Korean War.
Some new strains were created in Sino-Soviet relations due to limits on assistance from the USSR which were intended to avoid a direct conflict between the Soviets and Americans.
Keywords
Armistice - an agreement to stop fighting that is made between two countries
38th parallel - the pre-war border between North Korea and South Korea
Strategy - a plan that you use to achieve something
Proxy war - a conflict where some groups fight on behalf of a larger country, which does not participate directly itself
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