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WH: Ch 16 post WWI
1920's and 1930's
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MASS CULTURE | SIMILAR CULTURE PATTERNS IN A SOCIETY AS THE RESULT OF COMMUNICATION(RADIO)AND TRANSPORTATION(AUTOMOBILES)(522) |
| JAZZ AGE | NAME GIVEN TO THE 1920'S REFLECTING THE NEW SOUND OF JAZZ (522) |
| FLAPPER | SYMBOL OF THE LIBERATED YOUNG WOMAN OF THE 1920'S (523) |
| 19TH AMENDMENT | AMENDMENT THAT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE; PASSED DUE TO WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN WWI |
| 18TH AMENDMENT | AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITED THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ALCOHOL; PROHIBITION AMENDMENT (523) |
| SPEAKEASIES | ILLEGAL BARS OF THE 1920'S (523) |
| 21ST AMENDMENT | AMENDMENT THAT REPEALED PROHIBITION (523) |
| FUNDAMENTALISM | PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN IDEAS AND BELIEVE THAT ALL WORDS IN THE BIBLE ARE THE LITERAL TRUTH (523) |
| SCOPES TRIAL | TRIAL ABOUT TEACHING EVOLUTION (RATHER THAN CREATIONISM) IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY CLASS; ALSO KNOWN AS THE "MONKEY TRIAL" (523) |
| LOST GENERATION | NAME GIVEN TO A GROUP OF WRITERS WHO HAD LOST FAITH IN THE WORLD AS A RESULT OF WAR (524) |
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE | CULTURAL AWAKENING IN NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MANY OF THE GREAT ARTISTS, WRITERS AND MUSICIANS LIVED AND WORKED (525) |
| CURIE, EINSTEIN, FERMI, FLEMING, FREUD | SCIENTISTS OF THE 1920'S (525,526) |
| OPPENHEIMER | SCIENTIST WHO WOULD HELP DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB (526) |
| MATISSE, PICASSO, KADINSKY, DALI | PAINTERS OF THE 1920'S (526,527) |
| BAUHAUS | TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT FEATURED STEEL AND GLASS (527) |
| FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | ARCHITECT OF THE 1920'S; BELIEVED IN FUNCTION DETERMINING FORM (527) |
| LABOUR PARTY | POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITAIN THAT GAINED SUPPORT AMONG WORKERS AS IT MOVED TOWARD SOCIALISM (529) |
| LIBERAL PARTY | POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITAIN THAT REPRESENTED THE INTERESTS OF MIDDLE CLASS BUSINESS (529) |
| CONSERVATIVE PARTY | POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITAIN MAINLY CONCERNED WITH INTERESTS OF UPPER CLASS, PROFESSIONALS AND FARMERS |
| EASTER RISING | REVOLT BY A SMALL GROUP OF MILITANT IRISH NATIONALISTS AGAINST BRITISH RULE (530) |
| IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (IRA) | IRISH NATIONALISTS WHO FOUGHT AGAINST BRITISH RULE; WOULD LATER REVOLT AGAINST DIVISION OF IRELAND (530) |
| RED SCARE | FEAR THAT COMMUNISM WOULD DESTROY THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE (530) |
| UNITED STATES | WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMIC POWER AFTER WWI (532) |
| GREAT DEPRESSION | TIME OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE; BEGAN IN 1920'S - WOULD NOT END UNTIL WWII (533) |
| OVERPRODUCTION/UNDERCONSUMPTION, BUYING ON CREDIT, GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR | CAUSES OF GREAT DEPRESSION (533) |
| BUYING ON MARGIN | BUYING STOCKS ON CREDIT (533) |
| BLACK TUESDAY | OCTOBER 29, 1929; TERM FOR DAY OF STOCK MARKET CRASH IN US (533*) |
| SMOOT-HAWLEY TARIFF | PROTECTIVE TARIFF CREATED BY UNITED STATES CONGRESS DURING DEPRESSION; BACKFIRES AS OTHER NATIONS IMPOSE RETALITORY TARIFFS (534*) |
| HERBERT HOOVER | PRESIDENT AT BEGINNING OF GREAT DEPRESSION (535) |
| FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (FDR) | PRESIDENT WHO FOLLOWED HOOVER AND SET THE "NEW DEAL" AS HIS DOMESTIC POLICY (535) |
| NEW DEAL | US DOMESTIC POLICY OF FDR - RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM TO FIX THE PROBLEMS OF GREAT DEPRESSION (535) |
| DEFICIT SPENDING | EXPENDITURES ARE GREATER THAN REVENUES (535*) |
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) | AGENCY CREATED BY US CONGRESS TO REGULATE STOCK MARKET (535*) |
| FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) | AGENCY CREATED BY US CONGRESS TO REGULATE BANKS (535*) |
| DUST BOWL | NATURAL DISASTER IN GREAT PLAINS DURING THE 1930'S, CAUSED BY DROUGHT AND OVERCULTIVATION (535) |
| BENITO MUSSOLINI | ITALIAN FASCIST DICTATOR KNOWN AS IL DUCE (536) |
| TOTALITARIAN STATE | ONE PARTY DICTATORSHIP THAT CONTROLS EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITIZENS' LIVES (539) |
| FASCISM | TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT THAT GLORIFIES THE STATE OVER THE INDIVIDUAL AND DESTROYS BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS; EXTREME NATIONALISM (539) |
| JOSEPH STALIN | COMMUNIST DICTATOR OF SOVIET UNION AFTER LENIN DIES (542) |
| COMMAND ECONOMY | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAKE ALL BASIC ECONOMIC DECISIONS (543) |
| TERROR FAMINE | RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF 5-8 MILLION UKRAINIANS (STARVATION)(544) |
| GULAG | STALIN'S LABOR CAMPS (544) |
| PROPAGANDA, SOCIALIST REALISM, RUSSIFICATION, ATHEISM | METHODS THAT WERE USED BY SOVIETS TO CONTROL THOUGHTS OF THEIR PEOPLE (545,546) |
| RUSSIFICATION | MAKING THE NATIONALITY OF THE SOVIET UNION MORE RUSSIAN, ESPECIALLY LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND POLITICS (546) |
| ATHEISM | BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO GOD (547) |
| COMINTERN | GROUP DEVELOPED BY LENIN TO ENCOURAGE WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTION OF WORKERS (549) |
| RED SCARE | FEAR OF BOLSHEVIK (COMMUNIST) PLOTS TO OVERTHROW US GOVERNMENT (549) |
| WEIMAR REPUBLIC | GERMAN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN 1919;INCLUDED A CONSTITUTION AND PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM LED BY A CHANCELLOR (550) |
| GERMAN JEWS | ETHNIC GROUP WHO WAS BLAMED FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF GERMANY (551) |
| INFLATION | RISING PRICES CAUSED BY EXCESS CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION (551) |
| DAWES PLAN | METHOD FOR GERMANY TO PAY REPARATIONS; RELIED ON LOANS FROM US TO GERMANY; GERMANY WOULD PAY REPARATIONS, ALLIES WOULD REPAY LOANS TO US (551) |
| HITLER | POLITICAL LEADER WHO WROTE MEIN KAMPF; GERMAN CHANCELLOR AND DICTATOR OF GERMANY; ESTABLISHED NAZI PARTY; KNOWN AS DE FUHRER (552) |
| THIRD REICH | GERMAN EMPIRE UNDER HITLER (553) |
| GESTAPO | HITLER'S SECRET POLICE (553) |
| NUREMBOURG LAWS | GERMAN LAWS THAT DEPRIVED JEWS OF GERMAN CITIZENSHIP AND PLACED SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THEM (553) |
| KRISTALLNACHT | NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS; NAZI MOBS ATTACKED GERMAN COMMUNITIES (554) |
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