Chapter 21 - International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Which concept holds a right to invade a foreign country to safeguard rights

Ethnic Cleansing

Humanitarian intervention

Collective Security

Globalization

None

What early contributions were made to human rights theory by Enlightenment thinkers?

Equality of humanity

Right to live free from arbitrary arrest

Punishment of those who contravened human rights

All of the above

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Which statement about the Congress of Vienna is most true?

The resulting treaty banned slavery

The parties to the treaty banned the slave trade

Britain used the treaty to justify naval actions against slave traders

All of the above

None

What other advances in human rights were made before 1914?

Rise of humanitarian intervention against the Ottoman Empire

Britain was held accountable for abuses in its Congo Free State

Hague Conferences banned shrapnel shells

Geneva Convention provided protection for POWs

None

How did the League of Nations most directly attempt to protect colonized peoples?

Collective Security

Self-Determination

Mandate System

All of the above

None

Why did the minority-rights regime of the League of Nations decline in the 1930s?

Exclusion of minority petitioners from disputes

Nazi German use of minority rights to attack smaller neighboring states

Reluctance of Britain, France, and the US to support refugees

All of the above

None

How did the UN Charter attempt to rectify human rights failures of the League of Nations?

Shifting authority away from the great powers and to the global community

Increased focus on rights through the UNCHR

Right of direct action by refugees through the ECSC

B and C

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What rights did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights assert?

Freedom of speech

Education rights

Employment rights

All of the above

None

Why did human rights occupy a more central place on the international stage during the Cold War?

Rise of NGOs

Increased media coverage

Newly independent state interest

All of the above

None

10.

Which statement about human rights during the Cold War is most true?

the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 had little effect on human rights

Richard Nixon sought to focus on realpolitik over rights and ideology

The Carter Administration consistently upheld human rights as a value

Reagan renewed American commitment to human rights after the Carter years

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