history chapter 15 test prep

Question 0

Deflation

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Prices of necessities go down and income goes down too

Question 1

Inflation

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Prices go up drastically on necessities, income goes up in little spurts - can cause bankruptcy

Question 2

Recession

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Slowdown in nations economy

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Depression

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Stocks crash, people high in debt, unemployment rates skyrocketed as prices and wages declined- essentially no money in the system

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Weimar Republic

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Bipolar economy, Germany’s New Democratic govt set up in 1919 who had serious weaknesses

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5 problems with Weimar Republic

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A. Germany lacked a strong democratic tradition
B. had several major/minor political parties
Humiliation from defeat in wwi

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The new political party of nazism- not communism

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In N- you pledge loyalty to party and can attain property as well as increase financial status

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Mein kaupf

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1923 book by Adolf hitler he wrote in prison- goals for Germany by 1950
Sentenced to prison for 6-7 years only stayed in for 8 months
Everyone would have a car (vw beetle)

Question 8

Continental scientific improvements in 20th century-

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Einstein theory if relativity and intro of sig Freud and world of psychology

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A Einstein

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German born physicicist who offered new ideas of space, time, energy, and matter
Relativity- while speed of light is constant space and time are not and can change when measured relative to speed of light– absolute laws of motion

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Sigmund Freud

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Austrian physician treated psychological problems - talking treatment conscious or unconscious

Question 11

Existentialism

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A philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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German philosopher who wrote that western ideas such as reason, democracy, and progress that stifled people’s creativity and actions

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Surrealism

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A 20th century artistic movement that focused on the workings of the unconscious mind

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Jazz

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A 20th century style of popular music developed mainly by African American musicians

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Charles Lindbergh

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An American pilot who captured world attention with a 33 hr solo flight from NY to Paris

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Coalition govt

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A temporary govt controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties

Question 17

Weimar Republic

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The republic that was est in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933- completely dysfunctional

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FDR

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First president elected after depression had begun- had confidence and wanted Americans to have faith in their nation

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New deal

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Us president FDR economic reform program designed to solve problems created by the Great Depression

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Great Depression

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The severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929

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Fascism

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A political movement that promotes a extreme form of nationalism, denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one party rule

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Benito Mussolini

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Newspaper editor and politician who believed. In rebuilding Italy’s armed forces and reviving the economy- became dictator in 1922

Question 23

Adolf hitler

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Little known political leader whose life was full of disappointments, became dictator of Germany and ran the nazi party

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Nazism

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Based on totalitarianism, a belief in racial superiority, and state control of industry

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Lebensraum

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"Living space"- the additional territory that according to hitler, Germany needed because they were overcrowded

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Appeasement

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The making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war

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Axis powers

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In WWII the nations of Germany, Italy, Japan which formed an alliance in 1936

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Francisco Franco

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General who favored a fascist style govt and led a revolt which began a 3 year civil war

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Isolationism

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Policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries

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Third reich

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The third German empire est by hitler in the 1930s

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Munich conference

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1938 meeting of reps from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow the nazi germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for hitlers pledge to respect Czechs border

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Article 231

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"Guilt clause" "war guilt clause".1st article in part 8 of the treaty of Versailles Put all the blame on Germany

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The Rhineland

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Zone formed by a buffer between germany France also important industrial area

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F Scott Fitzgerald writer of the beloved the great gatsby whose theme is life empty of meaning

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.

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The treaty of Versailles

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A treaty signed to Germany and allied powers after World War Two

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Novelists

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Many showed influence of unconscious expressed feelings questioned ideas

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Communism

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Political party practicing of for Karl Marx and vi Lenin

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Capitalism

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Economic system based on private ownership and investment of money and in business ventures and make a profit

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Democratic government

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We choose who will rule country helps make decisions

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Socialists

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Follower of socialism the socialist govts in Sweden Norway and Denmark successfully

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The stock market crash of 1929

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Brought upon the depression essentially no money left in system

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Fdr's public works project

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Helped provide jobs for those unemployed

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Emperor Hirohito

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Head of state who won popular support for army leaders who ruled in his name

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Haile selassie

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Ethiopian emperor who urgently appealed to league for help

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The swastika

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Nazi party symbol hooked cross

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Juan peron

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Army officer who won presidency and then establish a dictator ship Argentina

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The nazi party

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Greatly influenced his strong man rule patterned dictatorship on that of the euro fascists

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James Joyce

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An Irish born author who gained attention with stream of consciousness novel Ulysses 1922

Question 49

Il Duce

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Aka Benito Mussolini who would rip off his shirt and show off biceps during speeches

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Allied powers

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Fought central powers in wwi and axis powers on WWII - Great Britain, us, France

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Central powers

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In WWi nations of Germany and austriahungary along with other nations who fought on their side

Question 52

Labor saving devices

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Refrigerator , washing machine, iron, coffee pot, and vacuum cleaners-- saved time

Question 53

What nations successfully invaded other nations during the 1930s

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Japan, Germany, and Italy

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What were the goals of the us isolationists after wwi

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To stay away, out - obviously didn't happen, everyone was dragged into the war

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Motion and gravity

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Albert Einsteins ideas

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T.S. Eliot

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In 1922 an American poet who lived in England and wrote that western society had lost its spiritual values

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William butler Yeats

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Irish poet who conveyed a sense of dark times ahead

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Franz Kafka

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Czech born author who wrote eerie novels such as the trial and the castle

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Jean Paul Sartre

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Philosopher and major leader of existentialism

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Difference between fascism and communism

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F- charismatic leader and some individual profits would be allowed WWII was starting and they needed to be aware of it

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Fascism

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Lighter form and less stricter form of nazism N- strict leader F- a little more lenient/ flexible