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Albert Einstein |
A German-born physicist who offered ideas on space, time, energy,etc. |
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Theory of Relativity |
Relative motion was key to Einstein's idea |
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Sigmund Frued |
Austrian physician with ideas as revolutionary as Einstein |
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Existentialism |
The belief that there is no meaning to life |
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Friedrich Nietzsche |
The German philosopher who influenced existentialism |
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Surrealism |
An art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life |
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Jazz |
A new popular music style that came from the United States |
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Charles Lindbergh |
An American pilot who captured the world's attention with a 33 hour solo flight from New York to Paris |
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Coalition government |
A temporary alliance of several parties |
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Weimar Republic |
Named after the city where the National Assembly met |
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Great Depression |
An economic free fall that touched every corner of the world which started on Oct. 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed |
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New Deal |
Roosevelt made for all the unemployed |
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Fascism |
A militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to it's leader |
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Bonito Mussolini |
A newspaper editor and politician who promised Italy their rise to power |
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Adolf Hitler |
A political leader who turned out to be a huge fascist, he then continued to start WWII and mass genocide |
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Nazism |
German brand of fascism |
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Mein Kampf |
A book Hitler wrote whilst in jail about the superiority of pure Germans |
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Lebenstraum |
The living space Hitler declared the German;s needed |
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Appeasment |
The act of giving in to an aggressor by means of keeping peace |
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Axis Powers |
Germany, Italy and Japan |
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Francisco Franco |
An army leader who favored a fascist-style government and began to revolt |
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Isolationalism |
The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided |
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Third Reich |
The German empire |
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Munich Conference |
A conference held on Sept. 29 that came about by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany signing an agreement that gave Hitler the Czechs |
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Non-Aggression Pact |
A pact with Hitler on July 23 to prevent violence against Jews |
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Battle of Britain |
This battle went on til May 10, 1941 |
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Atlantic Charter |
This was intended to help free up trade among nations |
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Blitzkrieg |
Known as lightning warfare which consisted of three parts: tanks, airplanes, & motorized infantry |
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Charles de Gualle |
He hosted a broadcast on June 18, 1940 in hopes to increase the French resistance against Axis powers |
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Winston Churchill |
Britain's Prime Minister who helped lead Britain's fight against Nazi's in WWII |
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Isoroku Yamamoto |
Japanese naval strategist who was the best of his time, he led the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
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Pearl Harbor |
A US Naval base lied in the Harbor that was bombed by Japan with a total of 18 ships and 3400+ people either injured or dead |
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Battle of Midway |
A Japanese code was intercepted and America was able to ambush the fleet coming for us, which ended with Japan retreating |
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Douglas MacArthur |
A General who was commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific |
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Battle of Guadacanal |
America caught Japan off guard on their own island and didn't back down until Japan retreated |
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Aryans |
Germanic people Nazi's claimed were the superior people |
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Holocaust |
The mass slaughter of civilians, mainly Jews, due to the Aryan's racist messages |
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Kristallnacht |
The German retaliation against Jewish communities by smashing in glass windows on Nov. 9, 1938 |
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Ghettos |
An over-crowded area where Jews were forced to live in |
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"Final Solution" |
Hitler's plan to kill off all the Jews quickly, or at least faster than starvation |
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Genocide |
The systematic killing of an entire people |