Truman and Korean War

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Truman and Korean War
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Election of 1948

• Rep. Control Congress
• Rep. Tom Dewey moderate
• Democrats Split
• Harry S. Truman
• Strom Thurmond
• Henry A. Wallace

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Fair Deal

• Min. Wage
• Soc. Sec.
• Clear Slums
• Low Income Homes
• TVA
• But lost on
• Civil Rights
• Natl Health Ins.
• Repeal of Tariff
• Fed aid to Education
• Farm Incomes

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Korean War
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• USSR takes control to 38th parallel
• 1948 S. Korea - Rhee elected president
• N. Korea declares Peoples Republic
• North militarizes, South does not
• June 25, 1950 North attacks

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• June 27th, U.N. reacts
• General Douglas MacArthur
• Pusan
• Invades Inchon

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Mac Arthur on his own Mission

• Communists Chinas threat
• Mac Arthur to the Yalu River
• Volunteer Chinese
• Back to the 38th parallel

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• April 11, 1951 Mac Arthur fired

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Peace Talks

• June 1951
• Panmunjon 2 years
• July 27, 1953 Truce
• Police Action
• Casualties

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Demilitarized Zone