chapter 13 Flashcards

1
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proletariat

A

the workers in a communist/ socialist society

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2
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soviets

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local counsels

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3
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bolsheviks

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followers of karl marx and lenin

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4
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mensheviks

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other socialist group, wants change without violence

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5
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alexander kerensky

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leader if the provisional government (duma)

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6
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cheka

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communist secret police

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7
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prohibition

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the banning of the transportation or sale of alcohol

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8
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speakeasies

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illegal businesses to sell alcohol

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9
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virgina wolf and james joyce

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employed the stream of consciousness (random thoughts and feelings without logic)

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10
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langston hughs and zora neale hurtson

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told the experiences of harlem through writing

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11
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marie curie

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discovered radioactive isotopes/ radioactivity

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12
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albert einstein

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developed theory of relativity

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13
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sigmund freud

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pioneered psychoanalysis

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14
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cubism

A

art broken down into basic shapes

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15
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abstract

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art not based in reality

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16
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dadaism

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art with no meaning

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17
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surrealism

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art in a dream like state

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18
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frank lloyd wright

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his designs blended with the surrounding environment

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19
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kellog-briand pact

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agreement to not go to war

20
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overproduction

A

the making of too much stuff

21
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federal reserve

A

protect economy, govern banks, control interest rates

22
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great depression

A

a downturn in the economy that lasted years

23
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new deal

A

president roosevelt’s attempt to fix the economy

24
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benito mussolini

A

first fascist dictator in italy

25
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black shirt

A

soldiers of the fascist party (italy)

26
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march on rome

A

a protest of 10s of thousands of black shirts

27
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ll duce

A

italian for “the leader”
mussolini’s title

28
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totalitarian state

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every aspect of a citizen’s life is controlled by the government

29
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fascism

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glorifies action, violence, discipline and blind loyalty to the state

30
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five - year plan

A

plans to industrialized the soviet union

31
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command economy

A

no free market rights, every business and farm was state owned

32
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collectives

A

large farms owned and operated by peasants

33
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kulaks

A

wealthy peasant farmers that stalin resented

34
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gulags

A

prison camps

35
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comintern

A

organized communist revolutions in other countries

36
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communist realism

A

newspaper articles, paintings, sculptures etc. that show communism in a positive light

37
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atheism

A

the belief in no god

38
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russification

A

forcing people to dress, act and speak russian

39
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weimar republic

A

a democratic government forced onto germany by the allies

40
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chancellor

A

appointed leader by the majority party

41
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ruhr valley

A

the coal producing region of germany

42
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adolf hitler

A

the leader of the nazi party

43
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nazi party

A

national socialist german workers party

44
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lebensruam

A

living space

45
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reichstag

A

german parliament building

46
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gestapo

A

nazi secret police

47
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nuremburg laws

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first government laws to restrict natural rights of jews