North-South divide

distribution of slave and free labor within the Atlantic economy produced different New World winners and losers in the short and long run. Race, climate and culture are essential to understanding the different progress of the societies of the North and South Americas; however, each was facilitated historically by the economic roles the colonies came to play in the wider Atlantic trading system. It was these roles that structured the advancement of the labor…

While considering the development of the North and South Korea after Korea got its liberation from Japan, the main cause that made the difference between the North and South is the division of the country by Soviet Union and USA. Post-liberation period was rather chaotic period to begin with since “this prodigious mass of humanity – everyone from elite exiled political leaders to common laborers and former peasants – returned to a land reeling from the effects of forty years of Japanese Rule”…

theoretical reasons that led North Korea to actually attack South Korea. In order to get a thorough understanding of what led North Korea to want to attack South Korea, some background of the Korean Conflict will be first discussed. The one simple thing that is the sole cause of disputes in Korea has to do with the thirty-eighth parallel (Chang 19). The issue of the thirty-ninth parallel goes back to the conclusion of World War…

Resort for Survival: North Korea’s Nuclear Program North Korea’s nuclear program poses a threat to South Korea, one country amongst multiple other neighboring Southeast Asian nations targeted by the socialist regime. Despite pressure and resource withdrawal from North Korea as attempts to stop the program’s development, the country continues to expand its nuclear program despite its initially already poor economy. Tensions between major powers, such as the U.S., Japan, and South Korea…

In Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s book; Forward Together, A Moral Message for the Nation, with Barbara Zelter, both authors talk about the historical context of the civil rights movement and the need for a moral movement their state of North Carolina and ultimately in the whole of the Unites States. Rev Barber sees this movement toward right wing extremists in the Republican Party; and sees them as coming to hurt minorities and poor through their policy implementation. The book progresses with…

Throughout the 20th century, the fate of East Asia was deciding by wars. In 1950 the war between North and South Korea began. When Korea was liberated from Japan, the victorious allies decided to divide Korea in two parts, where south belonged to the US and north to the USSR. Therefore, Communism was established in north and capitalism in south. However, Kim Il-sung the leader of North Korea wanted to unify Korea and he was hoping to get a support from the USSR. Josef Stalin rejected his offer,…

A Calvinist sect that broke from the Church of England, the Puritans sought to deepen the divides from Catholicism and new Protestant churches. Persecuted in England for their radical beliefs, they travelled to Denmark and Sweden before finally embarking on a ship to North America where they had the promise of freedom to practice. The Puritan communities in New England resolved to create an ideal Christian colony as outlined by John Winthrop’s A Model of Christian Charity by centering their…

the division, South Korea adopted the United States form of government, a democracy. The people of South Korea are able to have a say. They have freedoms that many people envy because they were able to break away from the anchor that is North Korea. However, they live in a constant fear. In 2003, when North Korea broke away from the N.P treaty, it made South Koreans fearful. South Korea being one of North Korea’s major enemies the people must respect the North Korean’s power. “In South Korea,…

People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is a country founded on September 9th, 1948 after being liberated from the Japanese by the Russians while South Korea was liberated by the United States of America. South Korea took on a Democratic government similar to the US while North Korea took on a Communist government similar to Russia. This caused a serious divide between the countries. Roughly two years later North Korea invaded South Korea with support from Russia and…

Korean War was a dramatic turning point in history that would divide a country in half and change its government forever. On the north side of the 38th parallel, stood a country ruled under democratic Soviet communism and on the southern side a country influenced by republican control. It is important to understand the reason for the separation and how it affected the Korea’s we know today. This paper will discuss how North Korea and South Korea divided and the profound impact the war had on…