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Post-WWI Uncertainty
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| proletariat | the workers |
| Bolsheviks | the more radical branch of the Russian Marxists; Vladimir Lenin lead them in their efforts to overthrow the Russian government. |
| Lenin | leader of the Bolsheviks; first soviet dictator of Russia. |
| Rasputin | a Russian monk who was believed to have mystical powers because of his alleged ability to heal Csar Nicholas II's son, Alexis. His influence over Csarina Alexandra led to jealous amongst Russian nobles, who eventually assassinated him in 1916. |
| provisional government | a temporary government |
| soviet | local councils in Russia consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers. |
| Communist Party | In 1922, the Bolshevik Party renamed itself to reflect the philosophical writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. |
| Joseph Stalin | Lenin's successor; became a dictator of Russia in 1929. |
| Albert Einstein | a German-born physicist who challenged Newton's understanding of gravity. |
| theory of relativity | While the speed of light is constant, space and time are not. The closer you get to the speed of light, you are able to measure changes in space and time. |
| Sigmund Freud | Austrian physician who theorized that much of human behavior is irrational and is driven by our unconscious mind. |
| existentialism | the philosophical belief that the only meaning in life is the meaning created by our actions and choices; espoused by Jean Paul Sartre |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | German philosopher who believed reason, democracy, and progress had stifled people's creativity and actions. He urged people to pursue virtues like pride, assertiveness, and strength. |
| surrealism | an art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life. |
| jazz | a popular form of music in the 1920s that was developed mostly by African American musicians in New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago. |
| Charles Lindbergh | an American pilot who completed the first Trans-Atlantic flight in 1927; flew solo from New York to Paris. |
| fascism | a militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader. |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian fascist leader who came to power legally after his "Black Shirts" lead a march on Rome in 1922. |
| Adolf Hitler | leader of the Nazi Party in Germany; used the instability of the Weimar Republic to come to power legally; used racist theories about the superiority of Aryanians to rally Germans around his fascist regime. |
| Nazism | German brand of fascism |
| Mein Kampf | Hitler's semi-autobiographical book that detailed his beliefs and goals for Germany. |
| lebensraum | German for "living space"; Hitler believed the Germans needed more land, which he planned to take from eastern Europe and Russia. |
| coalition government | a temporary alliance of several parties |
| Weimar Republic | German democratic government established in 1919. |
| Great Depression | A period of considerable economic downturn beginning with the Stock Market Crash of 1929 in which millions were unemployed, global trade was significantly reduced, and countries lost billions of dollars. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | American president who used government programs and reforms to put citizens to work, gave financial help to businesses and farms, and reformed the U.S.'s banking system. |
| New Deal | The government program initiated by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt that used public works projects, welfare and relief programs, and reforms to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. |
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