Why did the united states go to the korean war in the 50's

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US Enters the Korean Conflict

Korean War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The united states went to Korea as result of the cold war and the threat of communism. Korea was told after World War II to choose a type of government for their nation by 1947 (I think this is the correct year) When the deadline rolled around north korea had chosen communism, while south korea had chosen democracy. They each expected the other to abide by that government. Obviously neither agreed. North Korea then tried to take over south korea and reunite them with under a communist government. The U.s. and the UN feared that the domino theory would take effect which stated that if one country falls to communism so will neighboring countries (China was already communist by this point). So the US and UN both send forces to support South Korea and their fight for democracy. North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union (yet they did not send troops) and China (who did send troops)

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Clough speaks the truth. I also caution that Wikipedia is a good but not necessarily perfect resource and the person making inquiries should also search the Internet to see other input and, even better, hit some real books. Primitive, I know, but books' authors can be better verified as being credible, or not. With the Internet some times you don't know how much the authors really know, or what their biases might be.