10th Regents Review #12: Human Rights Violations

This type of evidence was used in the argument for

• modifying laissez-faire [capitalist] practices to include safety laws

• opposing the spread of communism

• restricting voting rights

• reforming the landholding system

The most likely effect of the testimony recorded here is

• business owners voluntarily

• the government passed safety laws

The historical time period associated with this excerpt is the

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Age of Imperialism

• WWI Era

In addition to forcing the Congolese to harvest rubber, the specific atrocity that we should think of with the Belgian Congo is:

• starvation due to laboring on tea plantations

• amputations of hands, feet, or ears

Stalin thought Ukrainian farmers were not turning over crops to the government. In response, he tried to starve the Ukraine - this is called the:

• Holocaust

• Holodomor

While the U.S. government felt the __________ was a necessary act of war, the Japanese civilians felt it was a human rights violations since they were not part of the military.

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• use of the atomic bomb

The attack on Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes throughout the German Empire is called

• Anschluss

• Kristallnacht

As shown in this image, a common step to genocide is

• using identity papers or cards

• forcing the target group to wear identifying symbols

Based on the title and year of this source, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in response to which WWII genocide?

• The Armenian Genocide

• The Holocaust

• The Holodomor

• The Cambodian Genocide

Based on this passage, which statement is a valid conclusion about Iran following the revolution in 1979?

• Men were often penalized for their treatment of women.

• Laws were changed to reflect Western legal principles.

• The legal system discriminated against women.

• Legal decisions were based on economic values.