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American civil war and Korean civil war

Compare :Both wars were civil wars, which means that the wars happened in the same
country. The reasons why the wars started is also the same, it was because different argument
and ideology between the north and the south part of the country.
Contrast :
American civil war

Korean civil war

North America and South America didnt split up

North Korea and South Korea did split up

American civil war occured in the April 12, 1861

Korean civil war did happen in the June 25 1950

May 10, 1865 (4 years, 3 weeks and 6 days)

July 27 1953 (3 years, 1 month and 2 days)

750,000 people were dead in the American civil

3 million people were dead in the Korean civil

war

war

The war started because of the North American


didnt want slavery happen in the South

The North Korea was comunist and the South


Korea was liberal and the Norh Korea wanted
South Korea to be comunist too

Summary:
Conclusion:
Both countries had a civil war because part of their country has different ideas of how their
country should be and it caused great lost for both war even though the war didnt take so
long.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

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