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What sparked the Khmer Rouge to put people in slavery

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"In order to achieve this most of the population was turned into farmers and small industries were based around them to boost the economy."

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In order for the Khmer Rouge to achieve their goal the Khmer Rouge had to turn the majority of people into farmers and small industries.

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"it was close to impossible to tell whether or not they achieved their goal of substantial economic growth,"

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It's hard to tell whether or not the Khmers achieved their goal of destroying the upper class

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"To accomplish this, they abolished money, free markets, normal schooling, private property, foreign clothing styles, religious practices, and traditional Khmer culture."

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The U.S. assisted the central government with massive U.S. aerial bombing

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President Richard Nixon orders an invasion on Cambodia

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What was life like for people who were enslaved?

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“Why is it that I have to die here like a cat or a dog ... without any reason, without any meaning?”

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This shows that the people of Cambodia felt like they were house pets. They felt as if they had no meaning in life.

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“People forget how hungry we were,”

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This shows that the people in Cambodia were starving. The enslaved people only got to eat one bowl of rice if they did work for 8 hours straight without any breaks

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“Let me die,” he continued. “Let my destiny take me wherever it goes ... My children, I miss you; I love you.”

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“What Is Genocide.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/learn-about-genocide-and-other-mass-atrocities/what-is-genocide.

“Cambodia .” University of Minnesota ,

https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/cambodia

History.com Editors. “Khmer Rouge.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 12 Sept. 2017,

www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rouge.,

Holocaust Museum Houston,

https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-cambodia-guide/.

“Rare Diary Gives Details of Life under Khmer Rouge.” AP News,

https://apnews.com/d3c026451cd74eda85b4e43d4768592a.

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The Cambodian killing fields where millions were killed.

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A map of Cambodia detailed with cities and more.

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A picture of the communist leader Pol Pot.

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The victims of the genocide were the Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim people of cambodia.

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The killers were the Khmer Rouge a communist party. Their leader was Pol Pot.

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The Cambodian genocide was an attempt to cleanse Cambodia of the agrarian society

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The Khmer Rouge genocide happened in Cambodia. Located in Southeastern Asia.

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The Cambodian genocide happened in 1975 and ended in 1979. The genocide lasted 4 years

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They abolished capital, free markets, regular education, private property, international types of clothes, religious practices and traditional Khmer culture to accomplish that.

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This Cambodian person got to the point where they suffered so much that they felt like giving up and they couldn't take it anymore.