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couple famous for their work in radiation

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marie curie

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psychologist who wrote about the id, ego, and superego

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sigmund freud

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american writer stream of consciousness

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faulkner

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post impressionists or _____ wanted to go beyond the visible world

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expressionists

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rejected christianity, “god is dead”

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nietzsche

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nonsensical art that attacked all accepted standards

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dadaism

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a famous french existentialist was sartre and

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camus

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art that showed a fantastical world of dreams and symbols

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surrealism

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animal farm and 1984

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orwell

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french existentialist, human beings are terribly alone

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sartre

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philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual

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existentialism

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monet, renoir, pissaro were _________ painters

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impressionist

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paintings that tried to capture the momentary overall feeling of light falling on a real scene

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impressionism

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idea that buildings should be useful

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functionalism

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painter who founded cubism

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pissaro

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theory of relativity

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albert einstein

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quantum physics

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planck

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how did germans of all political parties feel about the treaty of versailles?

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they wanted it revised and thought it was unfair, they did not participate in the signing and it was forced upon them

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why is it said that the treaty had fallen between 2 stools

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it was too harsh for peace of reconciliation yet it was too soft for piece of conquest

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did france and great britain see eye to eye on germany

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no; france was harsher in their plans for germany and wanted them to pay reparations, while britain felt they should be gentler

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in his famous economic consequences of the peace, ___________ denounced the treaty of versailles stating that it would impoverish germany and increase economic hardship in all of europe

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john maynard keynes

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the french were authorized to occupy the german rhineland until

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1935

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france signed a mutual defense pact with _________ why?

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poland; signed to help garner support against germany (no one else would sign an alliance with france, thus prompting them to seek alliances to protect themselves from germany, leading to them allying with poland and the little entente)

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what was the little entente

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Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia

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what was the name of the young german republic after WWI?

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weimar republic

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what happened when the germans said they could not pay reparations

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britain accepted this fact, but france moved its armies into the german industrial district, the ruhr, to force them to work but the germans went on strike

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what was the dawes plan

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plan to arrange reparations and reduce them, also supply US loans to germany so they can pay off their debt to UK and France and they can pay off the US

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describe the 1925 locarno agreements

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france and germany agreed on a border and italy and britain agreed to stop any german/french invasion

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in november 1923 adolf hitler proclaimed what

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a national socialist revolution would ensue (beer hall putsch)

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what is mein kampf

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hitlers book about socialist revolution written in prison, means “my struggle”

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there have been many depressions, what was different about the great depression

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it was intense and lasted long, and recoverey was slow and uneven

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what event triggered the collapse

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the US stock market crash (black tuesday)

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the economic slide from 1929-1939 can be attributed to what 2 factors?

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  • international economy lacked leadership able to maintain stability when crisis came.
  • poor economic policy in almost every country
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was the name of roosevelt’s program?

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new deal

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of all the western democracies, which responded most successfully to the great depression

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scandinavian (social democrats)

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how did the great depression affect the UK and france?

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in the UK they removed their money from the gold standard and instead focused on the national, not international, industry. industries like electronics and automobiles soared and the UK was better off than it had been before the depression

france was not heavily industrialized, so the depression came late and lasted a long time. the economic instability also saw political instability, leaving france on the verge of a civil war

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what was the popular front in france

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a short-lived new deal-inspired alliance in france led by leon blum that encouraged the union movement and launched a far-reaching program of social reform

union between communists, socialists, and radical parties to stop the fascists.

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