Cold War Korean War

​American leaders responded to the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe by developing a policy of containment

• Under this policy, they did not attempt to overturn Communism where it already existed, but they resolved to prevent it from spreading further

Policy of Containment

Truman declared that America would provide political, military, and economic assistance to any country fighting Communism.

Truman Doctrine, 1947

Korea

• Korea was a Japanese

Colony Before WWII

• After WWII Ended

in 1945, Soviet
Troops Occupied
Korea North of the
38th Parallel

• American Forces

Moved in & Took
Control South of 38th
Parallel

• Korea Became the

Center of a Cold War
Conflict!

Korean War Starts

• In June 1950, the

North Korean Army
(Communist) Crossed
the 38th Parallel into
South Korea

• Don’t Forget the

U.S. Policy of
CONTAINMMENT!

• U.S. Appealed to

the U.N. to STOP
the Communist
Attack on South
Korea

Korean War

• 16 Nations Joined

the United
Nations to Fight
North Korea

• U.N. Army was

Mostly Made Up
of U.S. Troops

• General Douglas

MacArthur was
Placed in Charge
(“I Shall Return”)

• North Korea Almost

Conquered All of
South Korea (Pusan)

• General MacArthur

Used a Daring Plan by
Landing U.N. Troops
Behind Enemy Lines
at Inchon

• General MacArthur’s

Plan Worked

• U.N. Troops Pushed

North Korea Back to
the 38th Parallel

N. Korea Dominates

Counter Attack

• After Pushing North

Korean Forces Back
Across the 38th
Parallel, MacArthur
Asked Permission to
Invade North Korea

• President Truman

Agreed: Wanted to
Unite North and
South Korea (Make
it a Democracy)

• MacArthur Invaded

North Korea

Invasion of North Korea

• UN Forces Pushed

the North Koreans
Back to the Yalu
River (Border with
China)

• China Warned the

U.N. & the U.S.
to STOP!

China Enters Korean War

• In November of

1950 the Chinese
Army (Communist)
Attacked the U.N.
Forces

• China Helped the

North Koreans
Drive the U.N.
Back Across the
38thParallel

• By 1951, Stalemate

at the 38thParallel

World War III?

• General MacArthur

Wanted to Bomb
China and Blockade
their Coastline

• Truman Refused!

• Truman Feared

Soviet Union Would
Back Up China

• World War III?

You’re Fired!

• MacArthur Did Not

Agree with Truman

• General MacArthur

Criticized President
Truman in the Press
(Called Him a Wimp)

• President Truman

Could Not Have His
Commanders
Disobeying Orders

• You Are FIRED!

Dwight D. Eisenhower

• As the Korean War

was in a Stalemate,
Americans Wanted
the War to End!

• Dwight D.

Eisenhower Won the
1952 Presidential
Election (Republican)

• WWII War Hero

• “Ike” Promised to

End the Korean War

End of the Korean War

• At the Peace Table

President Eisenhower
Asked for Peace

• Threatened to Use

Nuclear Weapons if
North Korea and China
Disagreed

• Korean War Ended in a

Stalemate!

• 38thParallel Would

Divided North Korea
(Communist) and South
Korea (Democratic)

• Containment Worked!