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Korea

Korea. I. Internal Korean conflict - 38 th parallel - Soviets (N) & Americans (S) set up rival govts - 1949 - Soviet & American troops left. II. U.S. intervention - response to N. Korean invasion of S - U.S. part of larger U.N. response

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Korea

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  1. Korea I. Internal Korean conflict - 38th parallel - Soviets (N) & Americans (S) set up rival govts - 1949 - Soviet & American troops left II. U.S. intervention - response to N. Korean invasion of S - U.S. part of larger U.N. response - retreated to Pusan - then MacArthur launched counterattack

  2. Korea IV. Stalemate - Soviets suggested cease-fire -1953 official armistice w/2 Koreas & demilitarized zone (DMZ) in between - N = industrial / S = agricultural III. Chinese (& Soviet) intervention - wanted to prevent U.N. from taking all of Korea - N. Koreans & Chinese drove S. Koreans & U.N. below 38th parallel

  3. Korea Negative outcomes (from U.S. perspective) - 54,000+ Americans died - $22 billion spent Positive outcome (from U.S. perspective) - communism contained Image:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.superkaratemonkeyfist.com/P7080078.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sadsalvation.com/weblog/2004_07_04_archive.html&h=300&w=400&sz=87&hl=en&start=54&um=1&tbnid=-WEm_CIIaOyWeM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkorean%2Bwar%2Bmemorial%26start%3D41%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLR_enUS210%26sa%3DN Korean War Memorial in D.C.

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