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For what accomplishment, primarily, was Woodrow Wilson awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Founding the League of Nations
Founding the United Nations
The Geneva Convention
Establishing the Red Cross
Signing a nuclear non-proliferation pact with the Soviet Union
Explanation
In 1919, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work founding the League of Nations, although the League was hampered by the refusal of Wilson’s Congress to ratify American participation in the it.
The deliberate and organized killing of a social, national, religious, or ethnic group is called .
genocide
heresy
speculation
ostracize
excommunication
Explanation
A government or military policy of deliberately killing a group of people based on social, religious, ethnic, or national reasons is called genocide. Genocides have occurred throughout human history but were particularly prominent in the twentieth century. The Holocaust was a genocide of Europe's Jews and Romani perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Hersey is speaking out against organized religious doctrine; to be ostracized means to be banished or sent away from a community; excommunication is a form of banishment carried out by the Catholic Church where individuals, or whole communities, can be shut off from the salvation provided by and through the Church.
The deliberate and organized killing of a social, national, religious, or ethnic group is called .
genocide
heresy
speculation
ostracize
excommunication
Explanation
A government or military policy of deliberately killing a group of people based on social, religious, ethnic, or national reasons is called genocide. Genocides have occurred throughout human history but were particularly prominent in the twentieth century. The Holocaust was a genocide of Europe's Jews and Romani perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Hersey is speaking out against organized religious doctrine; to be ostracized means to be banished or sent away from a community; excommunication is a form of banishment carried out by the Catholic Church where individuals, or whole communities, can be shut off from the salvation provided by and through the Church.
For what accomplishment, primarily, was Woodrow Wilson awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Founding the League of Nations
Founding the United Nations
The Geneva Convention
Establishing the Red Cross
Signing a nuclear non-proliferation pact with the Soviet Union
Explanation
In 1919, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work founding the League of Nations, although the League was hampered by the refusal of Wilson’s Congress to ratify American participation in the it.
The peace treaty that ended World War One is called
The Treaty of Versailles.
The Treaty of Paris.
The Treaty of Potsdam.
The Berlin Conference.
The Treaty of Yalta.
Explanation
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 between Germany and the Allied powers. It represents the end of World War One. Aside from ending World War One, it is notable for creating the circumstances that led to World War Two; by imposing punishments and blame that were too stringent on Germany, The Treaty of Versailles created the conditions that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany.
The peace treaty that ended World War One is called
The Treaty of Versailles.
The Treaty of Paris.
The Treaty of Potsdam.
The Berlin Conference.
The Treaty of Yalta.
Explanation
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 between Germany and the Allied powers. It represents the end of World War One. Aside from ending World War One, it is notable for creating the circumstances that led to World War Two; by imposing punishments and blame that were too stringent on Germany, The Treaty of Versailles created the conditions that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany.
Which of these Presidents has received a Nobel Peace Prize?
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Explanation
The Nobel Peace Prize was first given out in 1901, so Abraham Lincoln is immediately disqualified, regardless of his wonderful accomplishments. The correct answer is that Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, for his work in founding the League of Nations in the years immediately after World War One.
Which of these Presidents has received a Nobel Peace Prize?
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Explanation
The Nobel Peace Prize was first given out in 1901, so Abraham Lincoln is immediately disqualified, regardless of his wonderful accomplishments. The correct answer is that Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, for his work in founding the League of Nations in the years immediately after World War One.
The Fourteen Points and the League of Nations were the ideas of which American President?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Chester Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Explanation
The League of Nations was an idea proposed by Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War One. It was part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which he published with the aim of preventing a large scale international conflict from breaking out in the future.
The Fourteen Points and the League of Nations were the ideas of which American President?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Chester Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Explanation
The League of Nations was an idea proposed by Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War One. It was part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which he published with the aim of preventing a large scale international conflict from breaking out in the future.