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Please HELP ASAP Giving Medal and Fan!!!

Answer 1

2. What type of revolutionary group was leading the challenge to democracy in Greece?

3. Why did Truman believe the United States was responsible for helping these nations?


Use the material starting from the paragraph that begins "I am fully aware of the broad implications..." to the end of the document to answer the following questions.
4. According to Truman, what was one of the primary objectives of United States foreign policy?

5. Truman stated that "nearly every nation must choose between ALTERNATIVE ways of life." To what was he referring?

6. How did Truman argue that the situation in these two countries was a threat to worldwide political stability?


Part 2: Korean War
After reading pages 1–3 at Site 2, answer the following questions.
7. On what date did the conflict begin?

8. Which side initiated the attack?

9. Describe the early months of the Korean War.




10. How did the United Nations respond to the North Korean attack? What role did the Soviet Union play in the United Nations decision?




11. The Soviet Union supported North Korea. Why didn't the Soviets veto the United Nations' decision?




Part 3: Homework Assignment
Imagine you are President Truman's press secretary. It is June 26, 1950 and the president has asked you to write a statement for the media justifying the U.S. military action in Korea. Drawing on examples from the Truman Doctrine, WRITE A PRESS RELEASE explaining the justification for United States intervention in the Korean War.
Be sure that your statement answers the Focus Question: Why did President Truman think it was necessary for the U.S. to get involved in the Korean War?

Answer 2

@wrinkle

Answer 3

2. Communist insurgents

Answer 4

3. To stop the spread of Communism and conversely to spread democracy. Alternatively the cynical might say that Truman did it to protect capitalistic business interests and capitalism as a whole.

Answer 5

7.The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)

Answer 6

8.The conflict escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.

Answer 7

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