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National Interest
The interests of a state overall (as opposed to particular parties or factions within the state).
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peace keeping
the active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities, especially by an international military force.
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Internationalists
People who thought the US should try to preserve peace in the world; opposite of isolationists
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Domestic Policy
Plans for dealing with national problems
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Forign policy
the set of plans that guide government nations relationship with other countries
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GDP
Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy
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Imperialism
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
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Ultranationalism
extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people above all others.
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Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
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Appeasement
A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
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Conscription
compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
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crimes against humanity
a category of activities, made illegal at the Nuremberg war crime trials, condemning states that abuse human rights

a deliberate act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large scale.
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Genocide
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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war crimes
Violations of the law governing the conduct of warfare, such as by mistreating prisoners of war or unnecessarily targeting civilians
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collective farms
Government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they shared profits from products. Stalin tried this and it lead to holodomor
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ethnic cleansing
Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
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Refugees
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
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Self-determination
the right of people to choose their own form of government
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Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
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enemy alien
a national living in a country that is at war with his/her homeland
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MAIN causes of WWI
M- Militarism- germany wanted to be big power and britan afraid germany competing with UK for biiger navy
A- Alliances-countries formed alliances leading to easy big wars
I- Imperialism-countries competing for collinies especially germany. Austrians feared of serbia
N- Nationalism- russia wanted to free austrian people and nations wanted to free slavic people (aided by serbia)
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Triple Entente vs tripple allianca
TE- Brittan france and russia
TA- Germany Austro-hungrary and italy
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WW1 Military Technology
machine guns, poison gas, tanks, airplanes, submarines

made more tactical war filled with easy killing by machine guns, hard to walk through barbed wire and created trench warfare and furthur started both air warfare and chemical warfare. It also created better communication tech and created war of attrition
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Political outcomes of WW1
systems, policies and forms of gov't becoming more global, big organizations such as UN becoming more powerful
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social outcomes of ww1
Civilians lost their homes and fled to other countries. The role of women also changed. They played a major part in replacing men in factories and offices. Many countries gave women more rights after the war had ended, including the right to vote.
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ecomomic outcome ww1
Some countries made profits from exports like ww1 and some countries had to make large reperations like germany
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Technology outcomes of ww1
created infamous machine gun as well as popularized air force navys and chemical warfare
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What led to ultranationalism in interwars
In germany-through propaganda nazi party was able to instil a feeling that they were superior. Public belived this because they were mad at gov, mad at treaty of versaillies, mad at economy and inflation, mad at employ rate

in Japan- creating of polocies promoting that japanease are superior by Emperor Hitochu as well as putting down anyone that disobeyed

In italy- felt like they were insulted by treaty of versailies, was very disorganized and wanted more power and reasources. Antimovments by mousilliney of the facist party heightens this.

Russia- change in social and economics led to chaos and allowed the rise of leaders like stalin who promote ultranationalistic views

drastic economic and social changes that result in unemployment and poverty can spark extreme nationalism. In these circumstances, people's interest in personal security, economic security, and the values of their own group can become all-important.
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Treaty of Versailles condition put on germany
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies. It also called for the creation of the League of Nations,

created many financial debt for germans causing them to hate war and want "revange"
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Holodomor
a man-made famine-genocide in which the USSR and stalin starved the people of Ukraine; killed millions. He did this by trying to create collective farms
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Japanese Imperialism
The conquering and annexing of neighboring countries by Japan; it was the result of a growing population and limited natural resources in Japan at the time.(EXPANSIONISM)

Japan became an imperialist nation when got control of Korea. then japan set out to establish the Greatest East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, including China Manchuria, Vietnam, Korea
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Allies Policy of Appeasement
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness.
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European empire building
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Causes of WWII 1939-1945
Great Depression;
emergence of the Nazi party;
Treaty of Versailles; War Guilt Clause; Reparations; German Disarmament/demilitarized;
hTerritorial losses from Germany;
Hitler's Actions: built up military, made alliances, expansionist; Failure of Appeasement;
Invasion of Poland;
Failure of the League of Nations;
Emergence of Fascism
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How did WWII begin?
Germany (nazis and hitler) invaded Poland on Sept 1, 1939.
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Characteristics of nazi party
Antisemitism-"Jews" as the source for a variety of political, social, economic, and ethical problems facing the German people. Peole divided into diffrent races and not all as strong as each other.

Aryan race- Aryans were "master race."Idealized as blonde, blue-eyed, athletic, and tall.To stay strong, they thought they had to remain racially pure. To Hitler and the Nazis, Jewish people were the biggest threat to the Aryan race.

Nuremberg laws-On September 15, 1935,. Put ideas of racism into policy. Classification of peope dependant on genetics. people of no jew desendant are Aryan. One with jew desendant is not pure and not aryan and recive no benifit and citienship
Holocaust- final solution of jew problem. The Nazi leaders envisioned killing 11 million Jews as part of the "Final Solution." They succeeded in murdering 6 million.
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what changed the tide of WWII, who won
Pearl harbor and USA entering the war
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Canada and WWII (concription crisis and japanese and german internment camps)
The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Crisis of 1917, as french canadians did not want to be involved in war, but not as politically damaging.

The army and the Secretary of State shared administrative responsibility for internment camps. More than 40 camps held around 24,000 people in total. A total of 26 internment camps were in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and New Brunswick.
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characteristics of ultranationalistic state
strong sense of national identity but little respect for the national identity of others

extreme patriots

believe their own country can do no wrong, even when they deny human rights to others

separate people into 'us' and 'them

promote their own national interests while ignoring or trampling on the national interests of other people in other countries and their own countries

can inspire people to invade or take over other countries
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the 8 stages of genocide
1. Classification- them and us
2. Symbolization- wear star of david or change name
3. Dehumanization- compare to part animal
4. Organization-plans made by organized group(ex.NAZI)
5. Polarization-proplaganda to reinforce hate
6. Preparation-indoctranate to make them fear the group
(kill them or they kill us all)
7. Extermination group from society into camp sand killed
8. Denial- cover evidence and intimadate wittnesses
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Genocide vs. Ethnic Cleansing
both share the same goal and the acts which are used to perpetrate both crimes may often resemble each other,
ethnic cleansing is intended to displace a persecuted population from a given territory, (The Nazi campaigns were an ethnic cleansing in the sense that they were intended to remove Jews from territories of the Reich.)

genocide is intended to destroy a group.( ashutiz camp and nazis intent to kill all jews T)
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Holocaust
ghettos:Sections of towns and cities in which Jews were forced to live.
deportation- movement of jews from ghetttos to camps and chambers
Concentration camps-prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death.

Extermination camps- prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.
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Numberg Trials
Series of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Were done proffesionally and through western justice system
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Germany after WWII
split into two; west- US, UK, France, wealthy; east- Soviet Union, poor

divided into four zones of occupation--France, Great Britain, US, and USSR
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Rwanda Genocide
1994 Ethnic Hutu Militias took advantage of Rwanda's political turmoil and began killing Tutsi civilians
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Bosnia Genocide
Christian Serbs attempt to ethnically cleanse all of Eastern Europe by targeting Muslim minorities in the '90s
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Armenia Genocide
Christians were targeted for their non-Turkish ethnicity and their faith
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Cambodia Genocide
Pol pot of Khmer rouge organized genocide of Cambodian people
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national self-determination
The idea that people/ group of people should determine who and what they want leading them
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