TEKS US History High School - H.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies K-HS (Archived)
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- Q1What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia during the early 1950s?Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a famine.International groups needed help investigating North Korean officials charged with corruption.Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea.North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.30sH.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War
- Q2Which quotation from President Harry S. Truman offers a reason for U.S. involvement in the conflict between North Korea and South Korea?"Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion . . . and will now use armed invasion and war.""As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery . . . has made economic recovery impossible.""Above all else, we want to keep the United States prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of peace.""The United Nations cannot . . . fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace settlements have been made. . . ."60sH.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War
- Q3During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part of the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?The threat of a Soviet naval blockadeThe involvement of UN forces under the command of the United StatesThe use of atomic weapons on northern citiesThe assistance of the Chinese military60sH.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War
- Q4The Korean War was an effort by the United States to -keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activitiessecure additional Asian trading partnersextend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asiacarry out its policy of containing the spread of communism60sH.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War
- Q5Which action caused the United States to engage in a "police action" on the Korean Peninsula in 1950?The assassination of North Korea's political leaderSouth Korea's blockade of North KoreaNorth Korea's invasion of South KoreaThe collapse of South Korea's democratic government30sH.8.C: U.S. Involvement In Korean War