USA HISTORY

Christian Serbs attempted to massacre ____ living in Bosnia and Kosovo in a policy called ‘ethnic cleansing’.

(A) ** Muslims

(B) Jews

(C) Americans

(D) Russians

Concept note-1: -Islam is the most widespread religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was introduced to the local population in the 15th and 16th centuries as a result of the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Concept note-2: -Which was an effect of ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serbs in the 1990s? Muslims were forced out of Bosnia. How did President Clinton’s economic plan affect the federal budget in 1999? It had a surplus.

Concept note-3: -The war was fought largely along ethno-religious lines, among predominantly Orthodox Christian Serbs, Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats.

Concept note-4: -Although there is never a justifiable reason for ethnic cleansing, Bosnian Serbs believed that all non-Serbs should leave Bosnia. The Bosnian Serbs carried out systematic and horrific attacks on Bosnian Muslims while trying to remove them from Bosnia.