Unit 16 Vocab Flashcards
German born physicist who made breakthroughs in science
Albert Einstein
Einstein’s idea about the interrelationships between to,e and space and between energy and matter
Theory of relativity
Australian physician who also made break throughs in science
Sigmund Freud
A philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions
Existentialism
Philosopher against democracy
Friedrich Nietzsche
An artistic movement that focuses on the working of the unconscious mind
Surrealism
20th century style of music mostly developed from African American musicians
Jazz
First man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles Lindbergh
A government controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties
Coalition government
The republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933
Weimar Republic
The severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929
Great Depression
President during the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
US president franklin Roosevelt’s economic reform program designed to solve the problems created by the Great Depression
New Deal
A political movement that promoted an extreme form of nationalism a denial of individual rights and a dictatorial one party rule
Fascism
Newspaper editor and politician to later become powerful dictator in Italy
Benito Mussolini
