Which of the following statements best describes the state of the korean peninsula after world war ii? a. south korea became communist; north korea became democratic. b. south korea became democratic; north korea became communist. c. both south korea and north korea became democratic. d. both south korea and north korea became communist

The correct answer is B. After World War II, South Korea became democratic; and North Korea became communist.

The Korean War happened 5 years after World War II. It was a clash between the two blocks that faced each other in the Cold War, and caused the country to be divided into two states. North Korea, which was supported, sponsored and commanded by the Soviet Union, adopted a communist system; and South Korea, a state with few resources that the United States supported, which adopted a democratic and capitalist system. The two systems wanted to be hegemonic in both states, but the war ended in a stalemate, so the contrary happened, and the outcome was a division of the former Korean state into two countries so different (communist north and capitalist south) that have not yet reconciled and unite since then.

After World War II South Korea became democratic and North Korea became communist.

Further Explanation:

After 5 years of the Second World War, a conflict started amid the two blocks of Korea which later resulted in the commencement of the Cold war. Korean War was taken as a maiden conflict of the Cold War. Korea previously was a fragment of Japan until the 20th century. After Japan's downfall in WWII, Korea declared itself sovereign. The United States wanted Korea to adopt a democratic system and avoid the spread of communalism in Korea. This resulted in a fierce conflict as Northern Korea was under the influence of Russia while South Korea under the influence of America.  Russia was in favor of Spreading Communalism and America was against it.  

Soon the communist groups of North Korea started capturing   South Korea states so as to establish communalism in the whole of Korea. The outcome was that the Korean block got divided into two states North Korea and South Korea respectively. The two super powers desired to establish their supremacy in both the States homogenously but the resultant of the war went totally against them and the two nations thus formed never recoiled since then.  

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Grade: High School

Subject: History

Chapter: Korean War

Keywords:

Second World War, Korea, Cold war, Japan, 20th century, WWII,United States, democratic system, communalism,Russia, South Korea,

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