The Korean War (1950-1953)

Who had control of Korea before World War II?

• Japan

• Russia

• China

What country influenced North Korea AFTER World War II?

• Japan

• Russia

• China

Korea was divided on this line between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• 49th parallel

• Mason-Dixon Line

• 38th parallel

Who was the U.S. General placed in charge of the United Nations Forces? (at the start of the war)

• Gen. George Washington

• Gen. Douglas MacArthur

• Gen. Matthew Ridgway

Who was the President of the United States at the start of the Korean War?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Dwight D. Eisnehower

• Harry Truman

MacArthur's surprise attack further north on the peninsula was the battle of ____

• the bulge

• the rising sun

• Inchon

In October 1950, MacArthur asks the United Nations for permission to___

• push North of the 38th parallel and invade North Korea

• stop at the 38th parallel

• take the rest of the war off and go to Hawaii

When United Nations forces draw near to the Chinese border, 300,000 of this country's forces attack.

• Russia

• Japan

• China

When MacArthur presses too hard to invade China and use nuclear force he is____

• promoted

• fired

• given a raise

The brutal winter caused more casualties than actual battle due to___

• heat exhaustion

• poisonous snakes

• frostbite