Today’s Agenda

• Lecture and Notes• Activities– 38th Parallel Foldable

(Korea)– Korean Reading Activity

• Vocabulary– Mao Zedong– Cultural Revolution– Chiang Kai-shek– 38th Parallel– Red Guards– Kim Jun Il

• Vocabulary Matching Activity (SMART Board)

Cold War Spreads to Asia

The China/ Taiwan Separation

Mr. Trotman

Revolution in ChinaCommunist• Communist forces led by

Mao Zedong • Captured Beijing and moved

southward• Mainland China became

communist in October 1949

Democratic• Nationalist forces led by

Chiang Kai-shek • The U.S. sent $2 billion to

aid the Nationalists government . However, they misused the money and militarily lost

• The U.S. stopped sending the Nationalist money and began supporting the small island of Taiwan

What Mao did…• Mao took over mainland China

and called the nation the People’s Republic of China.

• Mao practiced a policy of harsh practices to encourage the Chinese to embrace communism– Punished, brainwashed,

tortured, and killed • Mao called his policies a “Cultural

Revolution” • Used Red Guards to enforce

policies • China’s economy fell

CHINA

TAIWAN

Results of Communism• Soviets and China had signed a treaty of alliance• Soviets had successfully tested its first atomic

weapon• The United States only maintained a diplomatic

relationship with Taiwan Nationalists• Japan had surrendered to the US and General

Doulas MacArthur introduced democracy to Japan.

• Under democracy, Japan’s industrial economy flourished

• Japan became a key location to defending Asia

The Korean War

Mr. Trotman

The Korean War• At the end of WWII, the

USSR controlled North Korea while the U.S. controlled South Korea. They divided Korea at the 38th parallel.

• When the U.S./USSR rivalry increased, a communist government was formed in North Korea was established and a democratic government in South Korea.

The Korean War

• Both governments wanted all of Korea and in June 1950, the Korean War began. The U.S. and UN stepped in to help the South and the Chinese helped the North.

• A stalemate eventually happened and both Koreas remain divided today.

Korean War• Korea was controlled by Japan from 1910-1945• 1945- Korea divided – North: supported by Soviets– South: supported by the US

• 1950- North attacked the South. Communists threatened to take over

• China sent 780,000 troops to support the North• Fighting lasted for three years and 33,600

American soldiers died in action• Sometimes is called “The Forgotten War”

The Korean War

The Korean War memorial is located in Washington D.C.

Korea Today

•This is a satellite map that shows current use of electricity in the Korean Peninsula•What assumptions can you make based on the information given?•What do you think the two brightest dots in each country represent?

The Korean War