Transcript China Korea ppt

Chinese Civil War &
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
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Chiang Kai-shek
Unified the
Nationalists in
southern China
Received about $3
billion in aid from
the U.S.
Chinese Civil War
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Mao Zedong
Leader of
Communists in
northern China
Wanted to make all
of China
communist.
Financial aid from
Soviet Union.
Civil War
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Civil war broke out as early as 1946
By 1949 Nationalists were losing
Nationalists forced off of mainland China
and onto Taiwan = REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Mao Zedong controlled “People’s Republic
of CHINA,” with communism.
Chinese Cultural Revolution Activity…
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How do these pictures represent Mao’s
Cultural Revolution?
China, the Cold War Wild Card
Activity…
Cartoon
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Create a cartoon with U.S., Russia, and China.
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Your goal is to show China as the Wild Card in the Cold War.
OR
Movie Concept / Plot
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Create a movie concept or plot.
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U.S., Russia, and China must be characters in the movie.
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Your goal is to represent why China was considered a Wild
Card during the Cold War.
WHY DID THE U.S. CARE?
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CHINA = COMMUNIST
USSR = COMMUNIST
USA = CAPITALIST
CONTAINMENT HAD FAILED!!!!!
 IF CHINA COULD BECOME COMMUNIST
SO COULD ANY OTHER ASIAN
COUNTRY.
Forgotten WAR CONT…
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North of 38 parallel
became Communist =
NORTH KOREA
(Pyongyang
South of 38 parallel
became Democratic =
SOUTH KOREA
(Seoul)
Each government
claims to be the REAL
SLIM SHADY
INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA
July 25, 1950 – North Korea surprise
attack against South Korea.
 America caught off guard
 Truman calls for naval and air forces.
 UN members send 520,000 troops
 590,000 Korean troops
 All troops were placed under
MacArthur’s command.
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June 1950
AMERICAN FEARS
TRUMAN WAS
AFRAID KOREAN
WAR WOULD =
INTERNATIONAL
WAR
SEPTEMBER 1950
U.S troops
pushed to
PUSAN
October 1950
MacArthur’s
Miracle
Counterattack
MacArthur’s Miracle
Counterattack
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MacArthur changes
the course of war
Communist China
tries to warn North
Korea, but NK
ignores warning.
Throws off North
Koreans
Double invasion
October 1950
U.S. forces
invade
North
Korea
Chinese Threat
Truman clamed by
MacArthur…
"We are no longer
fearful of their
intervention,...if the
Chinese tried to get
down to Pyongyang
there would be the
greatest slaughter."
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GUESS
WHAT????
NOVEMBER 1950
300,000
CHINESE
FORCES
INVADE NK
THE CHINESE ARE COMING!!!
 CHINESE
PUSH U.S. TROOPS
BACK
 PAST 38 PARALLEL
 SEOUL CHANGES HANDS
AGAIN = 3rd TIME
JAN-MAR 1951
END OF WAR?
Stalemate lasted
for 2 more years
 54,000
Americans killed
 More than 2
million Int’l
 Armistice signed
July 27, 1953
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WE ALSO LEARNED
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#1 Local conflict stays local = NO WORLD
WAR
#2 Leaves inconclusive decisions.
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Ex: Did we stop communism?
EX: Did we help anyone?
EX: Was it worth it?
Only time can tell.
RESULTS OF THE WAR
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Still a NK & SK
NK is nuclear threat
SK surviving
economically
NK struggling with
food storages/energy
U.S. still has about
40,000 troops there.
Chapter 30; Section 3 Main Ideas
*You complete the following
statement focusing on what YOU
got out of Chapter 30; Section 3.
Main Idea #1: China…
Idea #2: China is the…
Main Idea #3: Korean War…
Main Idea #4: Two Koreas
North Korea….
South Korea…
2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS
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N & S KOREA unveiled a unified flag and
marched into Olympic stadium
TOGETHER.
Currently experimenting with a SINGLE
Korea, but still talks very difficult.