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totalitarian regimes
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highly centralized governments that do not allow opposition and maintain total control
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surrealism
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art movemnt that attempts to merge concious and unconcious ideas to portray and interpret life in a dream like way
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cubism
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art style that emphasizes geometric forms, shapes, and design
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functionalism
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form of architecture based on the principle that a building should be designed for its specific use rather than according to any predetermined style
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international style
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style of architecture that was functional, plain and sqaure using uninterrupted expanses of steel and glass
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economic boom
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sudden increase in prosperity
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roaring twenties
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nickname for the 1920's because of booming economy and fast pace of life during that era
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planned economy
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economy that is planned out before put into place
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economic nationalism
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policy that a nation uses to try to improve its economic well being by establishing protective tarriffs and similar restrictions on the import and export of goods
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market speculations
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risky investments in the stock market in hope for quick, high profits
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on margin
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practice of buyinh stocks using only the balue of the stock or its expected profit as security
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great depression
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worldwide depression beggining in 1929
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social security act
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1935 law providing for unemployment and old age benefits for americans
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tennesee valley authority
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u.s government agency that built dams and provided other ervices in the valley of the tennessee river starting in the 1930's
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Johnson act
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1934 law that prohibited loans to countries that owed war depts to the u.s.
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