The North Korean invasion of South Korea

Causes

Effects/Impacts of the Crisis

SPERM,
Long,
Short-term,
Trigger,
USA/USSR,
Others,
Individuals/States

Immediate, Short, Long-term; On

USA/USSR (leaders, policy, society),
Allies/Clients, Cold War, UN

-End of Japanese
Occupation
concluded with a
revolution that featured
many communists,
however, they were not
allowed to decide the fate
of Korea in 1945

-Created a globalization of the

superpower rivalry and indirect
confrontation between the US
and USSR

-USA and USSR forced to

separate Korea into 2 sides
by the 38th parallel as the
dividing point -> created a
division of 2 sides of
different ideologies
-Could not establish a
union
provisional
government as the Cold
War developed the US and
USSR became less willing
to cooperate
-The US had put forward
Syngman Rhee as leader
of the South Side, while
the USSR backed Kim Il
Sung in the North, both
had
different
political

-Korean War a trigger to other

conflicts in Asia and Eastern
Europe with the basis of
communism versus capitalism
-US defense spending increased
dramatically,
increasing
to
around 10% of American GNP
during the Korean Wars
-The war also allowed the China
to step up into a world power
as during the war the USSR
gave China significant amounts
of aid

Significance of Crisis
Importance
(at
time,
later
on);
Profundity (how deeply affect); Quantity
(how many people affect); Durability
(length of effect); Relevance (to Cold
War)

-The war was the first shooting

confrontation of the Cold War
-The war encouraged American
hatred and fear of communism
and sparked the start of the
McCarthyism era.
-The
Korean
War
solidified
Americans stance on the world
as a communist stopper
-Accelerated racial integration of
minorities into the US army, and
promoted the US government to
increase military expenditure

Historiography

John D Clare:
http://www.johndclare.net/EC
5.htm

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himself as the leader of a
united Korea
-Division
of
confirmed in 1947

Korea