10 KOREAN WAR FACTS

KOREAN WAR - THE TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW

1. The war began in July of 1950 because the communist leader from North Korea and some Soviets entered the South Korea which the US controlled.
2. The USA got involved in the fight because South Korea had been a Japanese colony during WWII. After the war South Korea was handed over to the USA.
3. General Douglas MacArthur, former WWII general, served as commander for all of the UN forces. These UN forces were mostly mad up of US soldiers.
4. MacArthur was very successful in getting the invaders out of South Korea and back into North Korea.
5. Truman hoped that the fighting would reunite the two Korea's and they moved north beyond the 38th parallel toward the Yalu River. China warned them that if they moved any farther north, China would enter the war.
6. Mao Zedong saw the UN moving in as a threat on China's security.
7. China sent out many more warnings to the UN. The UN ignored them and continued pushing North.
8. On November 25, 1950, China attacked at the Yalu River and then into North Korea. The UN retreated back to South Korea. Truman fired MacArthur because of public Criticism.
9. In July 1951, There was talk of a Soviet - UN truce. The talks dragged on for 2 years. During that time Eisenhower was elected.
10. A cease-fire ended the fighting in the war. The territory was close to what it had been before the war.

Income Discrimination

The Income Statists for today look a lot better than they did in 1980. The Black income has risen from 22,760 dollars to 29,645 dollars in the past 20 years. Hispanic has gone from 28,864 dollars to 32,997dollars. Both of these numbers are leaps forward and huge improvements than what they used to be. The money amounts are becoming more equal with the White race. White incomes for 1980 are, 39,506 dollars, and today it is 45,631 dollars. These numbers are both higher than the minority groups. The numbers are evening out in income for different races.
However, the money is still not even close to where it should be. The amounts of money earned for a White is almost double that of Blacks. Hispanic is above Blacks by 2,000 per year. White tops that, the jobs are not equal. The minority groups are being discriminated against.
We must create MLK’s “dream”. In order to do this, more minority groups should be hired for jobs. These people should also get paid more. People shouldn’t discriminate between races when they are hiring. The children should become more educated and become ready to work and get paid more money. There are many ways to fix this problem, they just need to be worked out.

Civil Disobedience

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE + NON-VIOLENCE

Would you have been able to use civil disobedience and non-violence?

Yes, I think that many had no choice. The police were there with dogs and weapons. I wouldn't want to get hurt. I would want to be peaceful and not violent. If I was violent there would just be more violence. Nothing would get done. It makes me look better by not using violence. I causes less pain then being violent. I don't think that it would help the situation if violence was used.

Unit 8 Preview

I like to work on computers even though I am a very slow at typing. I hope that this will be easier than keeping track of my history notebook. I cannot wait to start this unit!