12.2 Korea and the Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. This country took over Korea in 1910 as part of its imperialist expansion
  2. 5. The 38th parallel was this line that separated North and South Korea
  3. 6. He was a communist and treated his people well
  4. 8. The workable foreign policy to prevent any further Communist advances
  5. 9. He became the Republican president in 1952
  6. 13. The Nationalist under Chiang fought here
  7. 14. This is the name given to the conflict between North & South Korea after North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950
  8. 15. The town where the armistice ending the war was signed
  9. 16. The Soviet Union didn't vote at the United Nations because of this action that caused them to be absent
  10. 18. This country is usually called South Korea, and was established in the zone that had been occupied by the US
Down
  1. 1. They enter the "war" November 1950 and turned the Korean war in a different direction
  2. 3. The US was never officially at war in Korea, but instead was involved in a United Nations _____
  3. 4. He was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist government and a US ally
  4. 7. He was the former WWII hero who commanded the American troops in Korea
  5. 10. This island was about 100 miles from the Chinese mainland and where the US set up a Nationalist government in 1949
  6. 11. This country and Korea were both split in two under the political control of both democracy and Communism
  7. 12. This is what Westerners called Taiwan
  8. 17. This president fired General MacArthur