Topic 4: Chinese Civil War/Korean War

By: Alex Albanese, Grace Cheviot, Justin Sisti

Introduction of Topics

•Chinese Civil War•Korean War•North Korea and South Korea

North Korea & South Korea

North Korea South Korea

North Korea

• Communist CountryNO HUMAN RIGHTSGovernment controls everything

Communist Planned EconomyGovernment controls all economic activity

Bad Relationship with United States

United States & North Korea

• United States goals:– North Korea disarms nuclear missiles attacks in

other countries– More human rightsNorth Korea goals:

Not to feel threatened by South KoreaResources

Kim Jong Il 1994-2011

Chief of StateMilitary FirstAbsolute Control

Current North Korean Ruler

Kim Jong Un

South Korea

• Democratic Country– Presidential ElectionsMarket Oriented Economy

Trade partners with United States ex: SamsungGood Relationship with United States

US troops in South Korea for protection

6 Party Talks

Goal: Create a South-North Korea agreement ending hostilities in Korean Peninsula

6 Party Talks

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea- North Korea

• Republic of Korea- South Korea• People’s Republic of China• United States of America• Russian Federation• State of Japan

Chinese Civil War Causes

• General Yuan Shikai– Manchu Army

• Dr. Sun Yat-sen– Chinese Republican Revolution

• Mao Zedong – Chinese Communist Party

Chinese Civil War Effects

• Mao Zedong

• Communism– Progression

The Great Leap– Soviet Union

Korean War Causes

• South Korea– Syngman Rhee– Under US control

• North Korea– Kim Il Sung– Alliances with Soviet Union and China• Both are communist

Korean War Effects

• NSC-68• Massive world wide rearmament• NATO• Communistic nations gain power• Soviet Union forms bond with China

Review Slide

• Chinese Civil War:– President Yuan Shikai- Communist Ruler– Mao Zedong- Ruler of China after Chinese Revolution

• Korean War– Soviet Union occupied Korean Pennisula– Korea divided into North Korea and South Korea

• North Korea/South Korea – North Korea= Communist and harsh dictatorship, threatened by South

Korea– South Korea= Democracy, trading partners with US, fear South Korea– 6 Party Talks strive to make peace with North and South Korea

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