2) How did the United States get pulled into the conflict in Korea? 3) In what ways were North and South Korea different when it came to industries? How would this play a role in their strengths and weaknesses?

4) Explain how alliances played a huge role in the Korean War.

5) Why do you think the United States still keeps troops in Korea?

6) Use the articles titled Modern Day Korea to compare and contrast Korea today to Korea during the Cold War Era. What has changed? What commonalities still exist?

The United States believed it could win and believed that China would not intervene. ... They also hoped to take advantage of the USSR's boycott of the UN to get the UN to agree to military help for South Korea. The advance of communism elsewhere made America more determined

2. In June 1950 communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries. Communist China joined North Korea in the war in November 1950, unleashing a massive Chinese ground attack against American forces.

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