THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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It increased religious tensions, leading to a Buddhist north and a Christian south.
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It created political conflict, leading to a communist-controlled north and an anti-communist south.
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It intensified ethnic conflict, leading to a north controlled by China and a south controlled by Korea.
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It created tensions over natural resources, leading to a mineral-rich north and an agriculturally rich south.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet Union and the United States clashed over how this territory should be governed. How did the ideological conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States affect the division of the Korean peninsula? It increased religious tensions, leading to a Buddhist north and a Christian south.
Detailed explanation-2: -In August 1945, the two allies “in name only” (as Robinson puts it) divided control over the Korean Peninsula. Over the next three years (1945-48), the Soviet Army and its proxies set up a communist regime in the area north of latitude 38˚ N, or the 38th parallel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the Korean Peninsula, which had for decades been under Japanese colonial rule was split in two between western powers, the United States and the communist powers of the Soviet Union.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -Since U.S. policy toward Korea during World War II had aimed to prevent any single power’s domination of Korea, it may be reasonably concluded that the principal reason for the division was to stop the Soviet advance south of the 38th parallel.