WW1 and WW2 Flashcards

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Crimes against humanity

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widespread (planned) or systematic attacks
against a civilian population

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Genocide

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The target killing of members of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group

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War crimes

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Willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment (can be charged with, must happen during war)

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National interest

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is a sovereign state’s goals and ambitions (economic, military, cultural, or otherwise), taken to be the aim of government.

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5
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Propaganda

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Information and ideas that are spread to achieve a specific goal

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woodrow wilson 14 points

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focused mainly on equality, ending of secrete treaties, and alliances, freedom of the seas, and the establishment of the League of Nations.

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Appeasement

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Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war

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Allies powers (WW2)

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France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union

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Axis powers (WW2)

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Germany, Italy and Japan

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