Chapter 15 Review part 2

Group focused on the threat of communism in the United States

After WWII people believed that solving economic problems would help ensure world peace.

Led the Chinese Communists

A military alliance formed in 1948

Program based on the belief that economic prosperity will foster free/democratic governments

Era of high tension between the world’s superpowers

Recommended using atomic weapons in the Korean War

Southern port city defended by UN troops

First leader of North Korea

Second leader of North Korea

Site of a risky assault by UN forces in Korea

George F. Kennan created a foreign policy known as containment.

President of South Korea’s Republic of Korea

Americans accurately perceived the level of threat posed by domestic communism after WWII.

Current Leader of North Korea

Korea was divided at the 38th parallel after World War II.

Ended segregation in the Armed Forces

Executed for spying