ETHNIC CONFLICT DBQ
Ethnic Conflict DBQ
Over the course of the years world history has continued to change. New conflicts are constantly developing. In order to keep these conflicts under control special foundations and laws such as the United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights have been founded. Despite the creation of the United Nations and the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, conflict has continued in the post-World War II era. The attempts at keeping peace have and have not been effective since conflicts around the world keep reoccurring
Although the severity of ethnic conflict has been improved by the making of the United Nations and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is still a major issue in some parts of the world. A major conflict arose in a central African country called Rwanda. In Rwanda there were two tribes called the Hutus and the Tutsis. The break out of the genocide was an effect of longstanding competition and rivalry between the Hutu people who had come to power during this rebellion and the Tutsi people who were being targeted in the genocide. The Hutu people were not always in power in Rwanda (Doc. 7). During the time of Belgium colonial power in Rwanda the Tutsis took over the land and held control over the Hutus. Once the colonial power left Rwanda the Hutus took power. After the Hutus took power they showed no mercy on the Tutsi people. The genocide officially began when a plane was gunned down that contained the leader of the Rwandan government who was also a Hutu. The Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsi people including women and children. Tutsi women were being violently raped every minute of every hour of every day, every 60 seconds men women and children were being murdered (Doc. 8). This conflict came about because of a fight for power over. The genocide in Rwanda was not interrupted or stopped by those in the western power. Since Rwanda was not an ally to the West the genocide didn’t concern the western
Over the course of the years world history has continued to change. New conflicts are constantly developing. In order to keep these conflicts under control special foundations and laws such as the United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights have been founded. Despite the creation of the United Nations and the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, conflict has continued in the post-World War II era. The attempts at keeping peace have and have not been effective since conflicts around the world keep reoccurring
Although the severity of ethnic conflict has been improved by the making of the United Nations and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is still a major issue in some parts of the world. A major conflict arose in a central African country called Rwanda. In Rwanda there were two tribes called the Hutus and the Tutsis. The break out of the genocide was an effect of longstanding competition and rivalry between the Hutu people who had come to power during this rebellion and the Tutsi people who were being targeted in the genocide. The Hutu people were not always in power in Rwanda (Doc. 7). During the time of Belgium colonial power in Rwanda the Tutsis took over the land and held control over the Hutus. Once the colonial power left Rwanda the Hutus took power. After the Hutus took power they showed no mercy on the Tutsi people. The genocide officially began when a plane was gunned down that contained the leader of the Rwandan government who was also a Hutu. The Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsi people including women and children. Tutsi women were being violently raped every minute of every hour of every day, every 60 seconds men women and children were being murdered (Doc. 8). This conflict came about because of a fight for power over. The genocide in Rwanda was not interrupted or stopped by those in the western power. Since Rwanda was not an ally to the West the genocide didn’t concern the western