Questions We Can Help You To Answer

Paper instructions:

1) In the years after World War II, many countries (Germany, Vietnam, Korea, etc.) were divided between Communist and Capitalist forces. In the case of Korea, the question was whether the US should have been involved in the conflict there (1950-1953).

2) You have available to you a series of materials (in the folder below). One is an overview of the history of the Korean War, the others are primary sources (PRIMARY SOURCES are documents from the past). These primary sources will allow you to answer the question below. READ the Korean War Overview before you begin work on this project. (In the folder below).

3) Answer the question: Was the United States justified in being involved in the Korean conflict? Was it the right decision for the US to defend South Korea and make war with North Korea, or would American interests (and global interests) have been better served by an isolationist approach?



Write one paragraph that provides your main answer. Was the United States justified in taking part in the Korean War?

Write a second paragraph that includes at least one quotation from a primary source document. Use a quotation that supports your answer of whether the US was right or wrong to be involved in the Korean War.

Write a third paragraph that includes at least one quotation from a different primary source document. Use a quotation that supports your answer about US involvement (or not) in the Korean War.

Write a fourth paragraph that includes at least one quotation from a different (third total) primary source document. Use a quotation that supports your answer about US involvement (or not) in the Korean War.

You will have four paragraphs total. One overall answer and three that use specific quotations from the primary sources available. You only have to use three of the primary source documents. You do not have to use all of them.