Korean War Quiz

The Korean War took place between

• 1939-1945

• 1950-1953

• 1945-1950

• 1955-1971

Truman's main goal in asking for $400 million dollars is to

• pay communists off so they would stay out of the US

• to aid those who want to stop the spread of Communisim

• create a minefield on the border of Germany and Russia to stop the spread

• build more nuclear weapons

Who is the Communist leader in China?

• Joseph Stalin

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kei Shek

• Sigmun Rhee

With the rise in tensions between the US, the Soviets and China, this country is sen as a much needed key to defending Asia

• France

• Malyasia

• Japan

• Germany

What becomes the dividing line between North and South Korea?

• 38th Parallel

• 45th Parallel

• the DMZ

• both a and c

The communists controlled

• none of Korea but where pushing hard to control the North

• South Korea

• North Korea

• all of Korea

The 2 1/2 mile buffer zone between the North and the South Koreas is called

• 45th parallel

• the Berlin Wall

• DMZ

• the Buffer Zone

What happens on July 25th 1950?

• MacArthur surrounds the North Koreans and wins a victory for the US ending the Korean War

• both sides in Korea agree to sign an armistice

• the North invades South Korea

• the South invades the North

Which US President ordered troops into Korea to help with the invasion

• Roosevelt

• MacArthur

• Truman

• Eisenhower

The United States officially declared war on Korea, the Soviet Union and China in 1950.

• True

• False