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Chapter 18 Section 2
The Cold War Heats Up
Civil War In China
Which side did the United States
support and why?
 U.S. supported Chiang Kai-Shek
 He was a
Nationalist/noncommunist
 1945-1949 sent Nationalists $3B in
aid
 Chiang turned out to be a corrupt
leader/large increase in taxes
What did the United States do to affect
the outcome of the war?
 1944 to 1947 peace maker
between Nationalists & Communist
Mao Zedong
 $2B military equipment & supplies
What was the outcome of the war?
 Mao wins war because of peasant
support
 Mao taught people to read & how to
grow food
 Chiang and followers flee to
Taiwan/Formosa
How did the American public react to
that outcome and why?
 Stunned. Why did Truman not give
full support like Europe?
 Not prepared to go to war
 Possible Communist spies in the
government
 Civil War in Korea
Which side did the United States
support and why?
 1948 U.S. supports S. Korea or
Republic of Korea below the 38th
Parallel
 U.S. supported Syngman Rhee in
Seoul
 Kim Il Sung in North/Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea in
Pyongyang
What did the United States do to affect
the outcome of the war?
 1950 N. Korea attacks South Korea
 South Korea asks for U.N. help
 Soviets boycott U.N. because of
Taiwan’s presence
 Truman orders troops from Japan
and send fleet between China &
Taiwan
What did the United States do to affect
the outcome of the war?
 16 Nations send troops / 90%
American
 Led by General Douglas Mac
Arthur
What was the outcome of the war?
 U.N. forces pushed down to Pusan
 MacArthur counter attacks at Inchon
 Zhou En Lai (China) gives support to N.
Korea
 MacArthur wants to Nuke China / fired
 1953 Armistice to end war as stalemate
at 38th Parallel w/ demilitarized zone
How did the American public react to
that outcome and why?
 54k American soldiers dead
 Cost $67B
 Why a stalemate?
 Happy we did not Nuke China
 Elect Republican Dwight Eisenhower &
not Adlai Stevenson