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1 Focus 5/10 Human rights violations have occurred numerous times throughout history. Some examples are the Bosnian Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid in South Africa, and the Rape of Nanking. Many of these events have largely received little to no response from the United Nations. After the Holocaust in 1945, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was issued in an attempt to recognize basic human rights and punish those who violate these rights.

2 Global II Regents Review
Human Rights Violations Rise and Fall of Soviet Union

3 Human Rights Violations
Human rights are those basic political, economic, and societal rights to which all people are entitled.

4 Human Rights Violations
Tiananmen Square – students in China demand greater political freedom in late 1980s – Chinese Communist authorities crack down, many protestors are killed or wounded.

5 Human Rights Violations
Rape of Nanking- - Atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers against Chinese civilians during World War II in Chinese city of Nanking.

6 Human Rights Violations
Apartheid in South Africa Apartheid is systematic segregation of black Africans in South Africa Black majority is oppressed by White Minority White President F.W. de Klerk fights to end apartheid Nelson Mandela also fights to end apartheid

7 Human Rights Violations
Genocide in Rwanda Hutu commit atrocities in Rwanda Hutu majority murders and abuses members of minority Tutsis

8 Human Rights Violations
Cambodia Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge, influenced by Marxist principles, begin the mass killing of fellow Cambodians who they see as educated Pol Pot wants an Agrarian Society Begins calendar at Year Zero

9 Human Rights Violations
Armenian Genocide Occurs in Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turks begin to exterminate Armenian Christians

10 Human Rights Violations
Kosovo – Bosnia Serbian Christians led by Slobodan Milosevic practice Ethnic Cleansing by forcibly removing ethnic groups, especially Albanian Muslims, by brutatality and murder.

11 Human Rights Violations
Holocaust - Hitler and the Nazi practice genocide against Jews in Germany and Eastern Europe

12 Focus 5/9 Both the Soviet Union and China established communist based governments in the 20th Century. Influenced by the writings of Karl Marx in his Communist Manifesto, both nation's attempted to create classless societies. Both nation's also attempted to be industrial powerhouses. The Soviets attempted to industrialize with Joseph Stalin's 5 year plans. The Chinese attempted to industrialize with Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward. Explain key features of both the Soviet Union and Communist China.

13 Rise and Fall of Soviet Union

14 Russian Revolution Long Term Causes of Russian Rev.
Czars resist change Czars use brutal tactics Peasant Unrest Problems of Urban Workers

15 Russian Revolution Short Term Causes of Russian Revolution
Russia defeated in Russo-Japanese War “Bloody Sunday” Revolution of 1905 World War I

16 Russian Revolution Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin gains support by promising “land, peace, and bread” Lenin takes over and creates totalitarian government based on Marxist principles

17 Russian Revolution Lenin introduces New Economic Policy with elements of free market

18 Russian Revolution Joseph Stalin comes to power and starts Great Purge
Stalin turns Soviet Union into a Totalitarian State Stalin’s Five Year Plans attempt to Industrialize Soviet Union

19 Soviet Union

20 Soviet Union Cold War Begins after World War II
Germany and Korea Divided Soviets Expand influence throughout Eastern Europe – IRON CURTAIN!!! Soviets and allies create Warsaw Pact West creates NATO

21 Soviet Union Cold War Conflicts - Berlin Airlift
Soviets invade Hungary in 1956 Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall Built in 1961 Korean War Vietnam War

22 Soviet Union U.S. and Soviets go through a period of Détente or easing of tensions U.S. and Soviets agree to eliminate a group of nuclear weapons

23 Soviet Union Afghanistan War – Soviets invade Afghanistan in 1979
War causes tension between Soviets and U.S. War leads to low morale in Soviet Union

24 Soviet Union 1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power and introduces policies of perestroika and glasnost Perestroika – government and economic reform Glasnost openness

25 Soviet Union Ethnic minorities demand self-determination
Economy stagnates Soviet Union collapses

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