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Between the Wars
Between the Wars
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10th Grade
01/15/2013

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Fourteen Points
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A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I
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Self-determination
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The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live
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Treaty of Versailles
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The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers of World War I
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League of Nations
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An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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Theory of relativity
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Albert Einstein’s ideas about the interrelationships between time and space and between energy and matter.
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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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Surrealism
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A 20th century artistic movement that focuses 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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Coalition government
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A government controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties.
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Weimar Republic
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The republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933
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Great Depression
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The severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the U.S. stock market
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Fascism
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A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule.
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Nazism
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The fascist policies of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, based on totalitarianism, a belief in racial superiority, and state control of industry
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Mein Kampf
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“My Struggle”—a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924 in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany.
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Inflation
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A sustained rise in the average level of prices
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Aryan
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Belief of Germans being the “master race”
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Albert Einstein
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German born physicist with new ideas on space, time, energy, and matter.
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Sigmund Freud
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Austrian physician who treated patients with psychological problems
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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German philosopher who urged pride, assertiveness, and strength
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Cubism
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Artistic movement that transformed natural shapes into geometric form
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of the United States during the Great Depression who reformed government through the New Deal
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Benito Mussolini
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Promised to rescue Italy by reviving economic aid and rebuilding its armed forces
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Germany
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Woodrow Wilson
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American President of during Paris Peace Conference
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