Examining Cold War Policies and the War Powers Clause | Korea: The Never-Ending War

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Korean War War Powers Clause US Constitution President Harry S Truman War Powers separation of power executive branch legislative branch declaration of war Cold War Harry Truman President Truman Communism political ideologies Containment Policy foreign policy US foreign policy Cold War foreign policy Korean Peninsula North Korea South Korea Korean separation 38th Parallel Red Menace Joseph McCarthy Joe McCarthy Senator McCarthy WETA

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English-Language Arts History-Social Science

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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

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Examining Cold War Policies and the War Powers Clause | Korea: The Never-Ending War

Students will examine President Harry Truman’s decision to send U.S. troops to Korea without a declaration of war.

Students will do the following:

Examine how North Korea’s invasion of South Korea challenged President Truman’s containment policy.
Analyze the U.S. Constitution’s separation of war powers between the executive and legislative branches.
Examine President Truman’s decision to send U.S. troops to Korea without a Congressional declaration of war.
Evaluate President Truman’s decision to commit U.S. forces to the defense of South

About the Author

Greg Timmons has been a social studies teacher for over 30 years. He has written lessons for several PBS productions, including The NewsHour; FRONTLINE; Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise; and various Ken Burns productions, such as The War, Baseball, The Central Park Five, The Roosevelts, Jackie Robinson, and The Vietnam War. He is the winner of the 2007 American Educational Publishers Award.

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PBS Learning Media