Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Social Interactions and Organization SIO
    The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 7: Learning Objective H
    Explain the various causes and consequences of mass atrocities in the period from 1900 to the present.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENS

    KC-6.2.III.C
    The rise of extremist groups in power led to the attempted destruction of specific populations, notably the Nazi killing of the Jews in the Holocaust during World War II, and to other atrocities, acts of genocide, or ethnic violence.