Korean+War


 * By Amea, Grade 5**

The Korean War started in 1950. It was a war between communism and capitalism. North Korea wanted communism and South Korea wanted capitalism. Communism is when the government owns your business. Capitalism is when people can own their businesses. Since the Koreans couldn’t settle their differences peacefully, the two sides went to war.

America played a big part in the Korean War. At the time the President was Harry S. Truman. Kim Il-Sung was the leader of North Korea, Chang Myon was South Korea’s 1st President and Lee Beom Seok was South Koreas 1st Prime Minister. President Truman sent American troops to South Korea to help them win the Korean War.

With America helping South Korea, South Korea started to win. America and South Korea started to push the war into China. China started to worry about the war getting into their country, and formed a partnership with North Korea.

In 1953, the war ended. By this time Eisenhower was the President of the United States. With the American Troops in South Korea, President Eisenhower decided to end the war. This war was classified as part of the Cold War. With the Panmujan Peace treaty signed, the war was officially over. Over 4 million people died in the war and more than 50 thousand were Americans. The war was considered a tie but we still keep American troops in South Korea to make sure the treaty is fulfilled.