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Title: STANDARD WHII.11b


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STANDARD WHII.11b
  • The student will demonstrate knowledge of the
    worldwide impact of World War II by
  • examining the Holocaust and other examples of
    genocide in the twentieth century.

2
Terms to know
  • Genocide The systematic and purposeful
    destruction of a racial, political, religious, or
    cultural group

3
Elements leading to the Holocaust
  • Totalitarianism combined with nationalism
  • History of anti-Semitism
  • Defeat in World War I and economic depression
    blamed on German Jews
  • Hitlers belief in the master race
  • Final solutionExtermination camps, gas chambers

4
Examples of other genocides
  • Armenians by leaders of the Ottoman Empire
  • Peasants, government and military leaders, and
    members of the elite in the Soviet Union by
    Joseph Stalin
  • The educated, artists, technicians, former
    government officials, monks, and minorities by
    Pol Pot in Cambodia
  • Tutsi minority by Hutu in Rwanda
  • Muslims and Croats by Bosnian Serbs in former
    Yugoslavia
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