Which conflict divided Korea into communist North Korea and democratic South Korea?

• A. Occupy Wall Street
• B. Korean War
• C. Bracero Program
• D. Iraq War

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that a major armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula created a lasting division between a communist North and a democratic South. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, Korea was split along the 38th parallel into a Soviet-occupied north and an American-occupied south, leading to two separate governments in 1948. In 1950, North Korea invaded the South, starting the Korean War, which drew in international powers and ended with an armistice in 1953. The fighting halted near the same border, leaving Korea technically divided and still separated into two distinct political systems today. The other events listed are not related to the division of Korea.