chapter 13 Flashcards

(47 cards)

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proletariat

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the workers in a communist/ socialist society

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soviets

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local counsels

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3
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bolsheviks

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followers of karl marx and lenin

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4
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mensheviks

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other socialist group, wants change without violence

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5
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alexander kerensky

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leader if the provisional government (duma)

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cheka

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communist secret police

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prohibition

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the banning of the transportation or sale of alcohol

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speakeasies

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illegal businesses to sell alcohol

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9
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virgina wolf and james joyce

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employed the stream of consciousness (random thoughts and feelings without logic)

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langston hughs and zora neale hurtson

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told the experiences of harlem through writing

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marie curie

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discovered radioactive isotopes/ radioactivity

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12
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albert einstein

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developed theory of relativity

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13
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sigmund freud

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pioneered psychoanalysis

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14
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cubism

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art broken down into basic shapes

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15
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abstract

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art not based in reality

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dadaism

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art with no meaning

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surrealism

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art in a dream like state

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frank lloyd wright

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his designs blended with the surrounding environment

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19
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kellog-briand pact

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agreement to not go to war

20
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overproduction

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the making of too much stuff

21
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federal reserve

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protect economy, govern banks, control interest rates

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great depression

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a downturn in the economy that lasted years

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new deal

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president roosevelt’s attempt to fix the economy

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benito mussolini

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first fascist dictator in italy

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black shirt
soldiers of the fascist party (italy)
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march on rome
a protest of 10s of thousands of black shirts
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ll duce
italian for “the leader” mussolini’s title
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totalitarian state
every aspect of a citizen’s life is controlled by the government
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fascism
glorifies action, violence, discipline and blind loyalty to the state
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five - year plan
plans to industrialized the soviet union
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command economy
no free market rights, every business and farm was state owned
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collectives
large farms owned and operated by peasants
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kulaks
wealthy peasant farmers that stalin resented
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gulags
prison camps
35
comintern
organized communist revolutions in other countries
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communist realism
newspaper articles, paintings, sculptures etc. that show communism in a positive light
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atheism
the belief in no god
38
russification
forcing people to dress, act and speak russian
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weimar republic
a democratic government forced onto germany by the allies
40
chancellor
appointed leader by the majority party
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ruhr valley
the coal producing region of germany
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adolf hitler
the leader of the nazi party
43
nazi party
national socialist german workers party
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lebensruam
living space
45
reichstag
german parliament building
46
gestapo
nazi secret police
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nuremburg laws
first government laws to restrict natural rights of jews