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KICS W2 > 15 Years of Crisis, 1919-1939 > Flashcards

15 Years of Crisis, 1919-1939 Flashcards

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fascism

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political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away individual rights

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Benito Mussolini

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fascist leader of Italy

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Adolf Hitler

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fascist leader of Germany

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Nazism

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German brand of fascism

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Mein Kampf

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book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany

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lebensraum

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living space

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appeasement

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giving in to keep the peace

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Francisco Franco

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Spain’s fascist dictator

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isolationism

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belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided

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Third Reich

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German empire

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Munich Conference

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meeting of world powers in 1938 that allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia

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Albert Einstein

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scientist who developed the theory of relativity

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theory of relativity

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idea that as moving objects approach the speed of light, space and time become relative

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Sigmund Freud

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physician who exposed the workings of the unconscious mind

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existentialism

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philosophy that says each person must make a meaning in a world that has no universal meaning

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Freidrich Nietzsche

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German philosopher who dismissed reason, democracy, and progress as empty ideas

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surrealism

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art movement in which a dreamlike world, outside of reality, is portrayed or evoked

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jazz

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lively, loose form of popular music developed in the United States

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Charles Lindbergh

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first person to fly alone across the Atlantic

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coalition government

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temporary alliance of several political parties

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Weimar Republic

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government of Germany after World War I

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Great Depression

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severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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president of the United States during the Depression and World War II

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New Deal

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Roosevelt’s program for creating jobs and improving the American economy

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