"A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide Test | Final Test - Hard

Samantha Power
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"A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide Test | Final Test - Hard

Samantha Power
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date do NATO jets begin bombing Serbia in an attempt to head off the looming genocide in Kosovo?

2. The town of Halabja becomes known as the Kurdish ____________.

3. In 1990, after the U.S. Senate cuts off Iraq's financial assistance and credit line, what happened?

4. In what year does the Genocide Convention Implementation Act become law?

5. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.

Short Essay Questions

1. Four months after the war began in Bosnia, Helsinki Watch released a report on the situation. What details did the report contain?

2. What was the influence of the creation of the 1993 International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia upon the Rwandan genocide?

3. What has turned out to be the drawback to not necessarily holding genocide proceedings in the victimized country?

4. Why did the U.S. turn a blind eye to Iraqi brutality against the Kurds?

5. What is an example of one of the many treaties President Jimmy Carter used his leverage to ratify instead of the genocide treaty?

6. What were the terms of the agreement that Milosevic signed on June 3, 1999, after his surrender?

7. What were the conditions under which Milosevic was delivered to The Hague for his trial?

8. When Bosnian Serbs declared an independent Serb state, what measure did Western countries take in an attempt to stabilize the area?

9. In the middle of July 1995, what did journalists stationed in the Balkan region begin reporting?

10. What was the human and geographic toll of the Serbs' genocide against the Bosnians, in terms of people killed, people displaced, and partitioning of Bosnian territory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the text as backup, investigate why, during the postwar period, the Holocaust was rarely discussed in general American society and glossed over in, if not omitted entirely from, books and films of the period. In particular, focus on the role American Jews had in encouraging this approach toward the Nazi atrocities against their people and why they did so.

Essay Topic 2

When World War I ended, Britain, France, and Russia wanted to hold officials in Germany, Austria, and Turkey responsible for violations of law and crimes of humanity. For Turkey, this action would have tried their officials for the atrocities committed upon the Armenians. Explain and demonstrate, backing your arguments from the text, why the United States refused to go along with the rest of the Allies' desires.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Rwandan and Yugoslavian war crimes courts. Use the text to support your statements.

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