Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Concentration camp

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Detention center for civilians who were considered enemies of the state

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Leon blum

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Socialist leader

Leftist parties followed him

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Marie curie

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Won 2 noble prizes

Researched radioactivity

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Flapper

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Rebellius young woman in the 1920s
Wore short skirts
Short hair
Smoked 
Wore lots of makeup
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Frankiln d roosevelt

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Created the new deal

President of the us

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Virginia woolf

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Writer

Explored the thoughts of people through their everyday lives

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Stream of consciousness

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Exploring the thoughts people have throughtout the day

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Mussolini

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Leader of italy
Socialist
Supporters organized into combat squads called the black shirts

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Einstein

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Theory of relativity
German scientist
Measurements of space and time arent absolute

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Hitler

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German
Nazi leader
Concentration camps
Killed jews
Thought that german race was superior to all other races
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Stalin

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Leader of russia
Created five year plan
Developed a command economy

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Frank lloyd wright

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American architect

Used materials that fit the buildings environment

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James joyce

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Irish writer
Wrote finnegans wake
Explored the inner mind of a hero is asleep

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Jim thorpe

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American olympic athlete

Won gold medals at the 1912 olympics

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Jack dempsy

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American boxer

Became cultural icon in the 1920s

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Babe ruth

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American baseball player

Outfielder

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Helen wills

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American tennis player

First american born athlete to become a celebrity

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Kellog briand pact

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International agreement signed by almost every nation in 1928 to stop using war as a method of national policy

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Great depression

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Time of economic global collapse n

Started in 1929

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Great depression causes

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Economic collapse in us
Dust bowl
War

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Roaring 20s

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Time when there were a lot of good changes for. The us

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Theory of relativity

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Measurements of time and space arent absolute

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Cubist

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Style of painting/sculpture in the 20s

Reduction of natural forms

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Fascism

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Any centralized authoritarian government system thats not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to human rights

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Maginot line

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Massive fortifications built by the french along the french border with germany in the 1930s to protect against future invasions