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Interwar Period

History

TermDefinition
Mao Zedong A communist who believed in seeking support from peasant masses (led the Long March)
Amritsar Massacre Troops fired on the unarmed crowd after protesters gathered in Amritsar
Mahatma Gandhi A non-violent protest leader among the Indians
Dandi Salt March In attempt to disobey the British oppression, Gandhi took salt from the seashore and others followed
Vladimir Lenin Served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and of the Soviet Union - led the Bolshevik Revolution
Civil Disobedience The active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government without violence
Franklin D. Roosevelt Expanded the role of government to correct the New Deal.
Great Depression The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy.
Joseph Stalin Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin - used Five-Year-Plans and terroristic methods to control workers and the economy
Weimar Republic The Third Reich in Germany where some people were nationalists and some were socialists - many small political parties fought for power: rise of communist support, blamed for Versailles Treaty, hyperinflation (printed more money), Great Depression
Adolf Hitler The people were desperate for a solution - legally came to power out of fear a communist leader would take control (he was liked by the people)
Totalitarian State A form of government that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and regulation over public and private life.
May Fourth Movement A set of protests led by intellectuals who didn’t want China to be given away after the Twenty-One Demands.
Benito Mussolini Dictator of Italy - put Italy in a totalitarian state
Facism A type of government in which the people are completely loyal to the state under a single dictator - appealing to people as fascists claimed to take action and make change
Inflation When such a great amount of money is produced that the value decreases - the change from economic deflation to inflation caused the Great Depression
Existentialism A form of philosophical questions that explores the issue of human existence through meaning, purpose, and value. (writing)
Sigmund Freud A psychoanalyst who is best known for inventing and developing the technique of psychoanalysis which is a set of techniques that deal with the unconscious mind in order to treat mental disorders.
Albert Einstein A physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Surrealism An art form that expresses the unconscious mind. (art)
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