CHAPTER 18 (SECTION 2)

KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)

• June 25, 1950 North Korean forces surpise attacked South Korean
• South Korea called the United Nations to stop the North Korea's invasion
• The vote from the UN passed.
• June 27: President Truman ordered troops stationed in Japan to support the South Korea

HUAC

• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Investigated possible Communist influence (inside and outside the US Government
• They believed that Communists were sneaking propaganda into films

THE ROSENBERGS

• Minor activists in the American Communist Party
• They pleaded the 5th Amendment in trail
• The couple was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to DEATH

McCARTHYISM

• Joseph McCarthy made unsupported accusations
• He attacked people who he suspected were Communist

BERLIN AIRLIFT

• American and British officials started flying food and supplies into West Berlin
• 277,000 flights brought in 2.3 million tons of supplies
• West Berlin survived because of the airlift
• Food, fuel, medicine and christmas presents that the crew bought with their own money were sent in

NATO

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• 12 members pledged military support to one another should one be attacked