Korea - conflict and tension - post war

Question 1

1945

Answer 1

1945: Korea is divided into two

Question 2

1947

Answer 2

1947: Truman Doctrine

Question 3

1948

Answer 3

1948: Berlin Blockade

1948: Kim Il Sung takes power

1948: Syngman Rhee elected

Question 4

1949

Answer 4

1949: China becomes communist

1949: USSR tests its first nuclear
bomb

1949: Soviet boycott of the UN

Question 5

Feb 1950:

Answer 5

Feb 1950: Treaty of Friendship

Question 6

April 1950:

Answer 6

April 1950: Stalin supports an
invasion of the south

Question 7

May 1950:

Answer 7

May 1950: Mao agrees to the
invasion

Question 8

23rd June 1950:

Answer 8

23rd June 1950: UN visits border and
doesn’t expect an attack

Question 9

25th June 1950:

Answer 9

25th June 1950: North invades
South Korea. UN Resolution 82

Question 10

27th June 1950:

Answer 10

27th June 1950: UN Resolution 83

Question 11

14th September 1950:

Answer 11

14th September 1950: North Korea
reached Pusan

Question 12

15th September 1950:

Answer 12

15th September 1950: Inchon
Landings

Question 13

October 1950:

Answer 13

October 1950: Chinese soldiers
cross the Yalu River

Question 14

April 1951:

Answer 14

April 1951: MacArthur fired

Question 15

July 1951:

Answer 15

uly 1951: Peace talks begin

Question 16

November 1952:

Answer 16

November 1952: Eisenhower
elected and vows to end the Korean
War

Question 17

July 1953:

Answer 17

July 1953: North and South Korea
sign armistice (DMZ)