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speakeasies

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Illegal bars

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psychoanalysis

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Method to treat mental disorders

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abstract

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Art movement consisting of lines, colors, and shapes

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dada

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Art movement; belief there is no sense or truth in the world

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surrealism

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Art that attempted to portray the workings of the subconscious mind

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General strike

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Strike by many workers in many industries

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Finance

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Management of money matters

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascist dictator of Italy

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Black shirts

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Mussolinis enforcers

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Totalitarian state

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Government that regulates all aspects of citizens lives

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Fascism

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Authoritarian government, not communist

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Command economy

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System in which government makes all economic decisions

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Collectives

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State owned farms, run by peasants

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Kulaks

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Wealthy Russian farmers

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Gulag

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Brutal prison camps in Soviet Union

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Socialist realism

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Artistic style that showed communism in a positive light

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Comintern

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Encouraged world-wide revolution

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Third Reich

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German empire under hitler

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Gestapo

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Nazi secret police

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Nuremberg laws

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Discriminated against Jews

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Kristallnacht

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Nazi attack on Jewish businesses and synagogues

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What was the mood of the postwar world after WW1

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No sense of optimism

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What did Einstein argue about the ideas of time and space

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Measurements of time and space are not absolute

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What were the trends in art after World War I

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Towards abstract art

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Why did the US emerge from World War I in the best financial shape of any major nation

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It had the strongest economy and loaned other nations money

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What was the purpose of the Kellogg Briand peace pact

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To end war as an instrument of national policy

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What were the causes of the Great Depression

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Overproduction of goods; unequal distribution of wealth

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Why were Italian nationalist angry after World War I

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Italy didn’t get land as promised

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Who benefited the most under Mussolini system of government

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Upper classes and factory owners

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Why did fascism appeal to Italians

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It promised a stable government

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How did fascism differ from communism

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Fascism was pro-capitalist, pro-war, and embraced extreme nationalism

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What was the purpose of Stalins five-year plans

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To build up industry and transportation

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What was Stalins agricultural policy

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Collectivized agriculture, provided tractors, fertilizer, and seeds

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What was the purpose of Stalin’s great purge and show trials

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To eliminate anyone who was considered a threat

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What was Soviet state policy toward religion

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Persecuted it, promised atheism

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What was the goal of Comintern

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To encourage world-wide communist revolution

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What problems did the Weimer republic face

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Runaway inflation and many political parties

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According to Mein Kampf how did Hitler believe that Germany could return to power

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Uniting all Germans into one nation

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How did Hitler come to power

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By legal election

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What was the Nazi goal in relation to German culture

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To purify German culture

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Why did authoritarian rule spread in Eastern Europe

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Lack of experience with democracy

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Why was the discovery of penicillin so important

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Fought bacterial infections

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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg laws of 1935

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Deprived Jews of citizenship

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Flapper

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A woman who rejected old ways for new freedoms

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How did western nations attempt to end the Great Depression

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Created government programs to relieve suffering

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