The Korean War

Read "The Korean War" beginning on page 367, then answer the following questions.

1) What two countries were "half" communist?
2) What had happened to Korea in 1910?
3) After Japan surrendered, why couldn't the Koreans simply govern themselves again?
4) Where did the United States and the Soviet Union decide to divide Korea?
5) Was this division to be permanent?
6) Why did both countries refuse to move out of Korea?
7) Which country set up the People's Republic of North Korea?
8) Who was its leader?
9) What organization helped the southern part of Korea, the Republic of Korea, hold elections?
10) Was the election of the South Korean president, Syngman Rhee, free and fair?
11) In June 1950, what did North Korean soldiers do?
12) Who had given the North Koreans their weapons?
13) When the United Nations heard that North Korea had invaded South Korea, what did its members agree to do?
14) What two things were the British and American soldiers under General MacArthur's command supposed to do?
15) How far north did the British and Amercian soldiers manage to march?
16) What four countries were soon fighting on Korean land?
17) After three years of war and more than three million deaths, where did the line between North and South Korea end up?