Bosnian Genocide

Hunter Littleton 2-5-18 D Hour Cambodia Genocide 1. The people who were targeted for genocide were the people who were lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers, scientists and professional people in any field - including the army. Even if Pol Pot suspected someone for any reason he had them murdered, and their families. Minority groups were also targeted, like Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai, or if they were part of those groups. Half the Cham Muslim population was murdered,…

American people. Andrew Jackson, during his presidency slaughtered and massacred a multitude of Native American people, and took their land. Of course not doing this single handedly, he ordered American troops under his command to follow him in this genocide. And it was not only the males, Jackson and troops alike killed the woman and children as well! President Thomas Andrew Jackson gained the name “Sharp Knife” from a Cherokee chief because of his murderous actions with a sharp knife.…

Manifest Destiny justified or unjustified? Manifest Destiny was the clear fate to move west. Americans wanted to move west for better farming opportunities, gold and because they believed God gave that land to them. Many people believe Manifest destiny was justified others say no. There were two sides to this argument.. Manifest Destiny is justified because more than 12,000 000 people are happy about moving west. “It gives me great pleasure to announce to congress that the government's…

living together for decades, sharing the same language, culture, and religion became enemies. The violence was genocide-- a deliberate, systematic annihilation of Rwanda’s racially-defined Tutsi group (Straus 1). In the words of current Rwandan President Kagame, the genocide was “an explosion resulting from a process that lasted years” (Nyirubugara 33). Three key factors incited the genocide: the history and origins of tribal Rwanda, the influence of imperialist…

responsibility to acknowledge the disturbing actions of our past, avoiding ignorance in order to preserve peace and prevent future loss of life, therefore, it is crucial that the Armenian Genocide should be recognized by everyone as premeditated genocide. In the shadow of World War I, one of the world’s first systematic genocides transpired within the Ottoman Empire. From 1908 to 1922 the Turkish government arrested, executed, and deported over 1.5 million Armenians, following a premeditated and…

The Ottoman Empire had an Armenian genocide that happened happened in 1950. The empire came into power in 1299 and was founded in the end of the 13th century by Oghuz, a Tturkish tribal leader. It was located in the historically known area of western europe also know as the Turkish Empire, aka Turkey, that was ruled under islamic law that made its so non -muslims were second class . The Oottomans crossed into eEurope in 1354 and then came in and ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453…

to capture the pain he had endured. Another part of the film that captured my attention was the art work Vann Nath painted it was beautiful and had such a way with capturing the events that took place in Cambodia. It is one thing to live during a genocide and surviving it but the way the prisoners and the guards (their former captures) went through and discuss the events as well as reenact what took…

I. Economic Causes of Genocide a) Holocaust Although Germany appeared to be winning the war at first, as the war progressed, they became weary and found themselves in compromising position. After the defeat in the war and the terms contained in the Treaty of Versailles, which ordered Germany to pay huge amounts in reparations, Germany was left in an economic crisis. The country printed more money and this lead to hyperinflation that reduced the value of savings. Levels of unemployment as well as…

In Genocides people are killed for who they are and what they believe in. Genocides happened because certain people thought they were going to cause destruction and would cause issues for that country, So the rulers had a plan for those type of people. Genocide and its stages has affected millions of people and continues to do so today. The first stage of genocide is called “Classification”. This is when people are not respected due to their beliefs causing a division in the community. The…

The Armenian Genocide is the forgotten genocide. Known to be the fourth largest genocide ever, an estimated 1,500,000 Armenians were killed, and yet the average person has never heard of it. Forgotten Fire is a fictional book by Adam Bagdasarian about the Armenian Genocide. In this book Vahan, the main character, is an Armenian. Vahan is a privileged boy and the son of a well known, well respected man. Vahan is used to comfort, wealth, and security, until the start of the genocide. When…