According to Truman, why were the Republic of Korea/South Korean troops stationed at the border region near the 38th parallel? Was Truman sending U. S. troops "unilaterally," or did he intend to be part of a larger UN force that, in the end, only included troops from U. S. and Britain? Explain the reasons behind your answer.

Find out what "Formosa" refers to in Truman's speech. What important background about the relations between China and the U. S. does this information reveal?

Do you think that the U. S. occupation of the Philippines following the end of the Spanish-American War led to UN forces being sent to Korea?

Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. The country was split along the 38th parallel, with Soviet forces occupying the northern zone and Americans stationed in the south.

the process is called revolution because it was a process of great economic-social transformations that began in england in the xviii century.

the industrial mode of production spread throughout much of the northern hemisphere throughout the xix and early xx centuries.

the effect of this revolution was the distance between the countries, with respect to economic and political power.   after all, not all industrialized at the same time, remaining in the condition of suppliers of raw materials and agricultural products to the industrialized countries.

these differences mark to this day the nations of the world that are divided between developed and developing countries. one way to measure whether a country is advanced is to assess how industrialized it is.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.