Victor Mardikian Mr. Reese 4A Honors World History 13 May 2013 Armenian Genocide 1915-1923 After their defeat in the Balkan War‚ the Ottomans lost not only their European territories‚ but also their pride and self-importance. To regain their pride in nationalism‚ they felt it necessary to impose their culture‚ language and especially‚ their religion on the minority‚ the Armenians. The Armenians were designated to a second-class citizenship‚ had to abide inequalities‚ and endure special hardships
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Genocide in Sri Lanka To quote the late Chinese politician Mao Tse-Tung a‚ “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Genocide; is the deliberate and systematic destruction‚ in whole or in part‚ of an ethnic‚ racial‚ religious‚ or national group. But why do we participate in a matter that can only have a negative outcome? The ongoing struggle can be related to the religious‚ political and the European intervention to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka a small island that lies
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The Rwandan Genocide was one of the world’s worst genocide ever that left several people without families‚ and brought a divide in the country between two ethnic groups‚ the Tutsi and the Hutu‚ and people are still dealing with the effects to this day. The main parties that acted in the Rwandan Genocide were the Hutu‚ the Tutsi‚ the United Nations‚ the United States‚ Belgium‚ France‚ and some neighboring countries of Rwanda were also involved. According to “Rwandan Genocide‚” the cause of the genocide
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Many may say that World War 2 was caused by the uprise of Hitler and his quest for power. People say that Hitler was insane‚ and that his decision to take over Europe and kill millions were what caused World War 2. I completely agree with them. However‚ Hitler may have caused the tensions‚ and his actions were the immediate cause of the war. What could possibly make anyone support such a mad man with such radical beliefs? Why did Hitler commit these unspeakable atrocities? It is very simple‚ Hitler
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The words Genocide and the Holocaust both describe a grand massacre done with the intention of exterminating an entire race or people. Genocide is more specifically the “systematic destruction of a certain people based on their race‚ religion‚ or citizenship.” (Kumar‚ 2018) This destruction can take place by isolating people‚ enforcing birth control on women‚ or trying to ‘tame a bunch of savages’. Holocaust is originally a Greek word‚ meaning‚ ‘whole burnt.’ Holocaust was first used to describe
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decades of Hutu rule‚ under which the Tutsi faced extreme discrimination and bursts of extermination. This continual struggle between groups‚ and the assassination of both Rwanda’s and Burundi’s presidents‚ sparked violence and ‘primed the pump’ for genocide. Under the command of the Belgian government‚ the Tutsi lead privileged lives while the Hutu faced widespread discrimination. As soon as the Hutu government took over Rwanda following their independence from Belgium‚ they immediately flipped the
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Genocide in the Mayan Highlands “They took them one by one to a ravine that was about twenty meters from where we were. We heard shots‚ screams and crying.”- Jesús Tecú Osorio. This was a testimony given by one on the survivors of the Guatemalan genocide of the Mayan highlands. The Guatemalan government used its counter insurgency force‚ to put pressure upon the Mayans who claimed they were starting a communist group. The Mayans natural allies the guerrillas added to the uprising human rights violations
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Joseph Stalin’s Genocide: 50 Million Deaths From 1919 to 1953 when Stalin died about 50 million lives were taken in the Gulags of Russia (“Videofact”). In total there were 53 Gulags and 423 labor camps (“Gulag”). Stalin was considered one of the most feared dictators because of his secret police and the Gulags. During a series of interviews in 1996‚ a Soviet veteran who lived in Minsk claimed to have seen a U.S. POW in May or June 1953. The POW was a Korean War F-86D pilot whose plane had been
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Was U.S. Policy Toward Native Americans During the Periods of Expansion‚ Colonization‚ and Early U.S. an act of Genocide ? “To conquer a nation‚ one must first disarm its citizens.” - Adolf Hitler‚ 1933 Abiona Yemane US History Ms.Brown Section F Independent Research Project 4 June 2014 Introduction In August of 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain hoping to soon arrive in Asia‚ but a few months later he arrived in the Bahamas and claimed it as new land. He
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africa‚ Ethiopia‚ to Rwanda; home to the Hutu. The invasion was peaceful‚ despite the warrior skills of the Tutsi. Believing in a hierarchical society‚ they set up a monarchy which lasted up until German colonists arrived at Rwanda during WWI. As the war was ending‚ the colonial rule had switched from the Germans to the Belgians. These Belgian colonists saw the taller‚ stronger Tutsi warriors as superior to the Hutus‚ and offered them education and government roles. However‚ during the 1950s‚ the Belgians
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