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the reduction of armed forces and weapons
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disarmament
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condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them
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overproduction
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paying part of the cost and borrowing the rest from brokers
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margin buying
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strike by workers in many different industries at the same time
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general strike
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series of treaties signed by seven european countries that settled Germany's disputed borders with France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
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locarno treaties
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signed in 1928, this agreement was signed by almost every independent nation in a promise to renounce war
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kellogg-briand pact
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irish republican army which carried on a guerilla war against British forces
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ira
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British commonwealth linked by economic and cultural ties; made up of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
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commonwealth of nations
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popular socialist leader who united several leftist parties and introduced the "Popular Front" government to solve labor problems
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leon blum
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massive fortifications built by the French along the border to prevent a third invasion
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maginot line
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massive package of economic and social programs introduced by FDR to combat the Depression
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new deal
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supposed threat of communism in 1919 and 1920 that set off suspicion and threats
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"red scare"
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method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders
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psychoanalyisis
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something composed of lines, colors, and shapes with no recognizable subject matter
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abstract
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movement that attempted to portray the workings of the unconscious mind
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surrealism
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technique in which a writer appears to probe a character's random thoughts and feelings without imposing any logic or order
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stream of consciousness
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liberated young women who symbolized rebellions Jazz Age youth
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flapper
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revolutionary style that broke three dimensional objects into fragments and composed them into complex patterns of angles and planes
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cubism
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polish born french scientist who experimented with readioactivity
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marie curie
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created cubism with picasso
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bauhaus
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american born english poet who published The Waste Land
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t.s. eliot
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British novelist and author of Mrs. Dalloway who used stream of consiousness to explore the hidden thoughts of ordinary people
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virginia woolf
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irish novelist who used stream of consciousness in Finnegans Wake to explore the innermind of a hero
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james joyce
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nickname for the 1920s, with its freedom and willingness to experiment
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jazz age
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russian and germain painters who creating abstract art
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vasily kandinsky
german paul klee |
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austrian physician that suggested that the subconscious mind drives much human behavior
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sigmund freud
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art form that debuted in paris and was a revolt against civilization
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dada
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combat squads used to break up democratic gatherings and protests
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black shirts
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h"the leader"; Mussolini's title
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il duce
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prime minister
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chancellor
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rejected
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repudiated
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"my struggle"
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mein kampf
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detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state
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concentration camps
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coal-rich region operated by France when Germany fell behind in reparations
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ruhr valley
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under this plan, the United States gained British and French approval for a plan to reduce German reparations; France withdrew its Ruhr forces, and America lent money to help Germany recover
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dawes plan
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the goal for the German master race to dominate Europe for 1000 years
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third reich
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hitler's secret police
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gestapo
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1935 set of laws that placed severe restrictions on Jews
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nuremberg laws
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"night of broken glass"
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kristallnacht
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a strong leader; name which hitler called himself
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fuhrer
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so called "living space" that Hitler wanted to gain for its people
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lebensraum
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