Use the Internet to uncover some answers about the Korean War better known as a conflict or the Forgotten War. Use the internet links to follow a path through the maze of information that will help you understand a little more about the American involvement Korea.
Use the internet resources to answer the 12 questions that follow. When you have finished, answer the Big Question that asks you to combine what you learned with what you would have done.
1. After World War II (1945), efforts to unify the peninsula of Korea failed. South Korea became the Republic of Korea and North Korea became the People's Republic of Korea. What year and what event started the conflict in Korea?
7. What is the Truman Doctrine and explain its connection with the Korean War?
8. The U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave a speech known as the "Press Club" speech. What was the implication of that speech?
9. General MacArthur sent troops across the 38 parallel into North Korea in early October 1950 in an effort to "roll back" communism. What was the Chinese leader, Mao Zedong's response to this move?