Chapter 16 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Concentration camp
Detention center for civilians who were considered enemies of the state
Leon blum
Socialist leader
Leftist parties followed him
Marie curie
Won 2 noble prizes
Researched radioactivity
Flapper
Rebellius young woman in the 1920s Wore short skirts Short hair Smoked Wore lots of makeup
Frankiln d roosevelt
Created the new deal
President of the us
Virginia woolf
Writer
Explored the thoughts of people through their everyday lives
Stream of consciousness
Exploring the thoughts people have throughtout the day
Mussolini
Leader of italy
Socialist
Supporters organized into combat squads called the black shirts
Einstein
Theory of relativity
German scientist
Measurements of space and time arent absolute
Hitler
German Nazi leader Concentration camps Killed jews Thought that german race was superior to all other races
Stalin
Leader of russia
Created five year plan
Developed a command economy
Frank lloyd wright
American architect
Used materials that fit the buildings environment
James joyce
Irish writer
Wrote finnegans wake
Explored the inner mind of a hero is asleep
Jim thorpe
American olympic athlete
Won gold medals at the 1912 olympics
Jack dempsy
American boxer
Became cultural icon in the 1920s
Babe ruth
American baseball player
Outfielder
Helen wills
American tennis player
First american born athlete to become a celebrity
Kellog briand pact
International agreement signed by almost every nation in 1928 to stop using war as a method of national policy
Great depression
Time of economic global collapse n
Started in 1929
Great depression causes
Economic collapse in us
Dust bowl
War
Roaring 20s
Time when there were a lot of good changes for. The us
Theory of relativity
Measurements of time and space arent absolute
Cubist
Style of painting/sculpture in the 20s
Reduction of natural forms
Fascism
Any centralized authoritarian government system thats not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to human rights
