POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism
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Keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities
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Secure additional Asian trading partners
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Extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia
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Detailed explanation-1: -This was the first hot war of the Cold War, and in it the United States demonstrated its continued commitment to containment (the idea that the US would ultimately defeat communism by containing its spread).
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States promised to defend Korea against communist aggression according to the terms of the Truman Doctrine. The United States supported a process of free elections to set up a government in South Korea. The U.S. military had a continuing responsibility to protect Korea against threatened Japanese aggression.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered the Korean War. The U.S. supported the Republic of Korea (commonly called South Korea), in repelling an invasion from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly called North Korea). The Korean War was a conflict that emerged after World War II.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.