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Why did the Armenian Genocide happen?

The gruesome Armenian Genocide was started because 2.5 million Armenians started having an independence movement like other catholic groups, against the Muslim Turkey. To stop the independence movement Turks massacre of Armenian men, women, and children in 1894. There was another large butcher of Armenians in 1909. By 1915 the Turkish were afraid that the Armenians would support their Russian enemies during World War I so the Turks deported them out of Turkey and killed them all. When young turks seized power from the sultan (dictator of the Ottoman Empire) they ruled with a platform of equality. The turks became afraid that the Armenians would try to take control of the country so they started gathering support for the entire Turkish country to all be Turkish rather than a combination of religions.

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 * Sources
 * Choices For The 21st Century Education Program
 * Chapter 7- The Armenians
 * http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Genocide_Photos

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