Question

Which statement best analyzes the allegation that the Armenian genocide was not a genocide?(1 point)
Responses

The tensions of the Armenian genocide directly led to the start of World War I.
The tensions of the Armenian genocide directly led to the start of World War I.

The tensions of the Armenian genocide led the Ottoman Empire to join World War I.
The tensions of the Armenian genocide led the Ottoman Empire to join World War I.

The tensions brought about by World War I and religious intolerance allowed the Turks to justify the violence of the genocide.
The tensions brought about by World War I and religious intolerance allowed the Turks to justify the violence of the genocide.

The tensions of religious persecution against Muslim peoples in the Ottoman Empire led to the Armenian genocide.

Answer 1

The tensions brought about by World War I and religious intolerance allowed the Turks to justify the violence of the genocide.

This option best explains why claims that it "was not a genocide" are inaccurate by identifying the wartime context and deliberate, religion-based justification used to carry out mass killings.