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History Chapter 28 Study Guide
Western Experience Chapter 28 Study Guide
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V. I. Lenin
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Leader of Bolshevik Army
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Leon Trotsky
Definition
Russian chairman of Bolsheviks
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Politburo
Definition
Political position in Russia (council)
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Mussolini
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Started fascist movement
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Kafka
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wrote "The Trial" which foreshadows totalitarian state
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Stalin
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-Fought with Trotsky for next ruler of
Russia and won.
-Created Five-Year Plan
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Oswald Spengler
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wrote "Decline of the West"
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Fascism
Definition
A movement and party which employed propaganda, symbols, and activism
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Heinrich Himmler
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Part of Hitler's trusted group of men
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Einstein
Definition
Discovered uncertainty principle, theory of relativity, and studied quantum physics
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Keynesian Economics
Definition
Economic theory that said the govt. could influence the economy
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Kerensky
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Social member of Social Revolutionary party and vice-chairman of Petrograd soviet
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General Francisco Franco
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General of Spanish Republic in Spanish Civil War
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Pablo Picasso
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Spanish painter
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First Five-Year Plan
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Agricultural plan which made Russia industrial
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NKVD
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Controlled political police in Russia
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Virginia Woolf
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wrote "A Room of One's Own"
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Red Guards
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Guards in Rusiia who protected Bolshevik leaders
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Max Planck
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German physicist who rivaled Einstein
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Black Shirts
Definition
Facist way of making civilian army look better
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James Joyce
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wrote "Ulysses"
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Lateran Treaties
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Facism's most publicized accomplishment
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Penicillin
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Discovered in England by Flemming and Florey
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Leo Blum
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1st French Socialist premier
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Corporate State
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Italy emphasized self-sacrifice and co-op for national greatness
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NEP
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Interval from farm economies to controlled economy which allowed farms to sell
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Kulaks
Definition
Wealthier peasants in Russia
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