The correct answer is B) the division resulted from a peaceful separation.
The statement that explains why Czechoslovakia was divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 is "the division resulted from a peaceful separation.
It was so peaceful that is was called "the Velvet Divorce." Communist presence in Eastern Europe ended with the reformations of Russia's leader Mikail Gorbachev. In late 1989, Czechoslovakia had a series of protests called "Velvet Revolution." It took the country to have free elections in 1990. That is when Czechs and Slovaks had many differences. By January 1, 1993, two new countries were born the Czech Republic and Slovenia.
