to exterminate the Armenians, The Holocaust, and Biological and

Chemical weapons testing during WWII.

1.) The Turkish Massacre of the Armenians

Although reports of the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks had been confirmed on several occasions to U.S. officials by American Ambassador Henry Morganthau, (“I earnestly beg the department to give this matter urgent and exhaustive consideration…..It is difficult for me to restrain myself form doing something to stop this attempt to exterminate a race…”) The Wilson administration still held that the United States was determined to remain neutral in the war. Wilson did not want the public to be stirred with news of the atrocities and demand U.S. involvement. He did not formally protest because the Turks had not violated the rights of the American people, (Power 5). Despite recognition by the New York Times on several occasions no effort was made to attempt to help the Armenians, and the United States would eventually join the war, and still did not break off relations with Turkey. Turkey would eventually break

The most important chance to save some of Europe’s Jews passed when they still had a chance to leave. Before the Nazi’s quit allowing Jews to escape, they had a chance to seek refuge in other countries. But America, whose immigration laws were very strict at the time because of Pearl Harbor, refused to accept more than a small amount of refugees. If the United States would have over-stepped the immigration laws due to the extenuating circumstances of the situation then many refugees would have been spared, (Wyman 6). The sentiment that Americans had about refugees taking jobs from American people after the Great Depression was also a factor.

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