Question

Which statement is true about the Korean Conflict?

Question 4 options:

Korea was divided into North and South Korean. The North was ruled by Communist. The South was capitalist. The US supported the North. The Soviets supported the South.


Korea was divided into North and South Korean. The North was ruled by Communist. The South was capitalist. The Soviets supported the North. The US supported the South.


Korea went to war with both the US and the Soviet Union in order to establish a communist nation.


The Soviet Union tried to overtake all of Korea, so the US declared war and stopped them.

Answer 1

In 1948 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south. War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the parallel and headed south toward Seoul. The United Nations Security Council responded to the attack by adopting a resolution that condemned the invasion as a "breach of the peace."

Answer 2

Korea was divided into North and South Korean. The North was ruled by Communist. The South was capitalist. The US supported the North. The Soviets supported the South.