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How did WW1 change peoples beliefs and views?
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Questioning traditional beliefs/ scientific development/ women demanded more rights.
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After WW1, in what ways did society improve?
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Technological advances/ transportation/communication.
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Explain Einstein's theory of Relativity
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Light travels at exactly the same speed no matter what direction. A.) The speed of light is constant.
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Freud's theory about the human mind and behavior.
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Human behavior/ or beyond reason.
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How did literature in the 1920's reflect the uncertainty of the times?
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People were caught in threatening situations that they couldn’t understand or escape.
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Explain the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche
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Reason/democracy/and progress peoples creativity and actions ruined. A.) Great impact/politics/ Italy and Germany.
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What was the major trends of post war art?
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Cubism was an art movement that linked the world of dreams with real life.
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How did changes in the post war world affect women?
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Take on new roles/win the right to vote/their hair cut short/wore makeup/drank and smoked in public.
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Explain how the new technology that was used in WW1 was adapted to use after the war.
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Transportation/communication/ electric starters/air filled tires/powerful engines.
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What impact did increased use of the automobile have on average people?
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More people traveled for pleasure/new businesses to serve the mobile tourist/where people lived and worked.
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Explain the rise of unstable democracies in Europe
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A.) Citizens had little experiences with representative government/large number of political parties.
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What political problems did the Weimar Republic have?
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Germany lacked a strong democratic tradition/Germans blamed the Weimar government/for the country's defeat and postwar humiliation.
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What were the causes of the inflation crisis in Germany?
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Germany had not increased its wartime taxes/paper money steadily lost its value.
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What was the Dawes Plan and was it successful?
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$200 million loan from American banks to stabilize German/Set a more realistic schedule/ Germanys re payments.
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Explain the attempts Europe made at creating a lasting peace
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A treaty promising that France and Germany would never again make war against each other.
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