... parties in a Salem-Witch hunt style attempt to rid the nation of communism. Church leaders, especially Catholic, were outspoken against Communism. America wanted capitalism to be the primary economic and social structure of the world. The Cold War was a stand off between the Russians and Americans. The Cold War had three stages. The first was containment, fathered by George Kennan. This ... set up a communist government in North Korea under Kim Il-Sum, while the South set up a democracy under Sigmon Rhee. On June 25, 1950, North Korea overran South Korea. In 1953, the war ended with 54,...

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