USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the reading “The life during Korean War” how does the author’s perspective change from the beginning of the war to end?
A
First she is excited to be missing school then through the horrors that she witnesses she realizes the tragedy that is war
B
First she is excited to participate in the war then through the lessons she learns she is afraid for her family
C
First she is poor and destitute then through the war she gains wealth and prominence
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From the Korean perspective, the war began in 1946 with a nationalist anti-foreign uprising against the American occupiers, the Autumn Harvest Rebellion. Conflict continued into 1947 with strikes and terrorist attacks and broke out into a national insurgency in 1948.

Detailed explanation-2: -Impact of the Korean War The Korean War armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, drew a new border between North Korea and South Korea, granting South Korea some additional territory and demilitarizing the zone between the two nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two sides agreed to create a 4-kilometre-wide (2.5-mile) buffer zone between the states, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). This new border, reflecting the territory held by each side at the end of the war, crossed the 38th parallel diagonally.

Detailed explanation-4: -On July 27, 1953, seven months after President Eisenhower’s inauguration as the 34th President of the United States, an armistice was signed, ending organized combat operations and leaving the Korean Peninsula divided much as it had been since the close of World War II at the 38th parallel.

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