world war 1

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influenza pandemic

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is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects a large proportion of the world population

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surrealism

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is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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cubism

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is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture

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jazz

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a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Brass and woodwind instruments and piano are particularly associated with jazz, although guitar and occasionally violin are also used; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz.

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functionalism

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the doctrine that the design of an object should be determined solely by its function, rather than by aesthetic considerations, and that anything practically designed will be inherently beautiful.

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prohibition era

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.in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933.

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black tuesday

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is often cited as the beginning of the Great Depression.

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great depression

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was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939.

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the new deal

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was a group of U.S. government programs of the 1930s

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FDR

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was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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magniot line

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was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany.

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ramsey mcdonald

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who was the first Labour Party Prime Minister, leading Labour governments in 1924, 1929–1931 and, having been expelled from the party he had helped

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irish republican army

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was an Irish republican paramilitary organization that sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and to bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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the easter rising

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was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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the weimar republic

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historical designation for the German state between 1919 and 1933.

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mohandas ghandi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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igbo womens war of 1929

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led by women in the provinces of Calabar and Owerri in southeastern Nigeria in November and December of 1929, became known as the “Aba Women’s Riots of 1929” in British colonial history, or as the “Women’s War” in Igbo history.

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kenya

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Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses savannah, lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. It’s also home to wildlife like lions, elephants and rhinos. From Nairobi, the capital, safaris visit the Maasai Mara Reserve, known for its annual wildebeest migrations, and Amboseli National Park, offering views of Tanzania’s 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro.