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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. In what year does the Genocide Convention Implementation Act become law?
2. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which responds with force to the Hutu's political assassinations, thereby reigniting a civil war that had been smoldering, belongs to which Rwandan tribe?
3. When the safe area of Zepa is in danger from the Serbs, the Allies state they would only react with air power under what circumstance?
4. From 1983 to 1988, the United States gives Iraq more than ____________ per year in credit so that Iraq could purchase American products.
5. Before Pol Pot dies in 1998, whom does he claim the deaths in Cambodia are the responsibility of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Although President Reagan stated that he would endorse the genocide convention, what first step was he, as well as his administration, seemingly reluctant to take?
2. What was significant about the UN war crimes tribunal's indictment of Milosevic for crimes against humanity?
3. What were the terms of the agreement that Milosevic signed on June 3, 1999, after his surrender?
4. Four months after the war began in Bosnia, Helsinki Watch released a report on the situation. What details did the report contain?
5. In February, 1999, Western allies presented Milosevic with a "take-it-or-leave-it" proposal. What were the conditions of this proposal?
6. What have the Kurds demanded since 1922?
7. 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?
8. When Bosnian Serbs declared an independent Serb state, what measure did Western countries take in an attempt to stabilize the area?
9. What would have been the consequences of including, within the U.S. version of the genocide treaty, a restriction on its jurisdiction in cases where the U.S. might be called?
10. Why was the Arusha agreement unpopular with Hutu extremists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Powers' argument in the book is that the United States has had information about all of the twentieth-century genocides and has done little to prevent or stop them. Using the text for support, compare and contrast the United States' reaction to each of the genocides in the book and then analyze whether or not Powers' argument is valid.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Compare and contrast Senator Bob Dole and Raphael Lemkin's respective lobbying efforts in the fight against genocide. Use the text to back up your statements.
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