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Why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict and what was the outcome of the conflict?

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The leader of Korea, Rhee, asked the United States for help.

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The United States believed it could win and believed that China would not intervene. They also hoped to take advantage of the USSR's boycott of the UN to get the UN to agree to military help for South Korea. The advance of communism elsewhere made America more determined.

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