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=**Outcomes of the Korean War**=

-Kaylyn

The outcome of the Korean War was almost the same as how it began. North Korea remained Communist and South Korea remained Noncommunist. So the United States did succed in keeping North Korea from taking over the south, although the conflict has still never been fully resolved.

The Korean War was fought between the Communist North Korea and the Noncommunist South. It took place in Korea, which borders China. Korea was divided into North and South Korea at the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union had been backing and arming North Korea while the U.S. aided the South. China also sent thousands of troop across borders to help North Korea, so we were helping defend South Korea from the Communists. The Korean War was one of the bloodiest wars in history. About a million South Korean civillians were killed and several million were made homeless. More than 560,000 UN and South Korean troops and about 1,600,000 communist troops were killed, wounded, or reported missing.

At the end of the war, things pretty much remained the same, as in that the North was still communist and the South stayed noncommunist. It was July 27th, 1953 when the UN and North Korea signed an armistice agreement, although a permanent peace treaty between North and South Korea has never been signed.

The Korean War was important because there was a huge fear of communist take over in America during the Cold War. Which would mean a loss of freedom and liberties American's were so used to. Ever since World War ll, America was jittery about a war with communists, so when Harry S. Truman made his decison to defend Korea, Americans were almost relieved that the wait was over and they had finally taken action to try and stop the Soviet Union.

//Extra Focus// American's unhappiness with the Korean war is very similar to the American's unhapiness with the current war in Iraq. The 1952 presidential election was dominated by the issue, just as our upcoming presidential election will also be. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president because he promised to end the years of fighting in Korea, so he was elected because he wanted to end the war.

The current president, Bush, is unpopular because he wants to continue the war and many Americans don't, so the upcoming election will be based upon this most likely. I believe that it is possible that someone who wants to end the war will be elected. It's interesting how similiar the situations are.

This is an important topic because it shows how America was during the Cold War. It also shows how it was in Korea, where we helped fighting. America was afraid of Communism in the Cold War, and it teaches how we stood up and helped South Korea fight back against the Soviet Union and China. This topic is worth learning about because it's important to history.


 * Source Citation**

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Uschan, Micheal V. //The Korean War// San Diego 2001

Devell White, Holt Social Studies, //United States History, Civil War to the Present//, Austin, Texas, 2007