Question 1

Albert Einstein

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Einstein = German born physicist
New ideas on space, time, energy and matter
Theory of relativity

Question 2

Sigmund Freud

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Austrian psychologist
Much of human behavior is irrational 
Irrational part of mind is called the unconscious.

Question 3

Why were the ideas of Einstein and Freud revolutionary?

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They changed the way people thought about the world; they weakenend faith in absolute truths and reason.

Question 4

Existentialism

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No universal meaning to life, each person makes their own meaning through choices made and actions taken.

Question 5

Friedrich Nietzsche

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(German) too much focus on democracy, reason and progress, stifle actions based on emotion and instinct so creativity suffers.

Question 6

Music, Art, Architecture & Literature

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T.S. Eliot & Franz Kafka = wrote about lost values, situations you can't escape. 
Dada Movement - established values were made meaningless by savagery of WWI.
Surrealism- inspired by Freud's ideas, lucid dreams.
Frank Lloyd Wright- functionalism (clean

Question 7

Women & Society

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1920's "youth rebellion"
Women's suffrage
Looser/shorter clothes
Hair "bobbed"
wore makeup, drove cars, drank and smoked in public.

Question 8

Technology

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Cars were cheaper and faster, people now travled for leisure = motels, camp sites etc, Charles Lindbergh flew 33 hours alone from New York to Paris. Movies had sound.

Question 9

Coalition Government

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when there was not a clear party win created an alliance of several parties to form a parliamentary majority

Question 10

Weimar Republic

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Germany's new democratic government, created a lot of problems.

Question 11

Inflation

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printed money to par war expenses, money lost value.

Question 12

Kellogg-Briand Pact

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all countries in world sign to "renounce war as an instrument of national policy" - no way to enforce.

Question 13

Stock Market Crash

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1929- Wall Street, New York stock exchange;
october 29, 1929 = Black Tuesday.

Question 14

Adolf Hitler

Accepted Answer

Born in Austria, father died @ 13, poor student who wanted to be an artist.  Fought in Western Front in WW1.  Joined German Worker (NASDAP/Nazi) party and legally came into power in 1933.
April 29, 1945- married his mistress Eva Braun
April 30, 1945- de

Question 15

Nuremberg Laws

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Jews and German marriages were invalid, Jew's can't fligh GER flags or colors.  3 Jewish grandparents = Jewish by race, Made Jew's non-citizens

Question 16

Evian Conference

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No one wanted Jews.  Cuba said they would take them but no other ports would, once they hit Cuba they sent them back and were killed.

Question 17

Kristallnacht
(Night of the Broken Glass)

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November 9, 1938; Nazi's brought trucks in with bricks and broke windows/doors of Jewish businessess.  Encouraged public not to frequent Jewish businesses, no police stopped it and were eventually encouraged to go after Jews.

Question 18

Joseph Stalin

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Followed Lenin, 1928 he won Dictatorship.

Question 19

Communists

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Soft (Lenin'Trotsky)
compromise, patient, less violent, realistic
Hard (Stalin)
no compromise, impatient, violent, idealistic

Question 20

Stalin's Regime

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Five year Plan; 1928-1932, wantes to end NEP
Industrialization, state control of economy.

Question 21

Collectivization

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process by which individual ownership of an economic resource (farm) is replaced by collective ownership (people that work there)

Question 22

The Purges

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=to Holocaust; stalin controlled Soviet Union through his Secret Police which arrested millions of people and placed them in GULAGS.  Purges continued until 1953 when Stalin died.

Question 23

Causes of WW2

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Axis Totalitarianism; Japan = ruled by military, GER & IT=Dictatorships.
Axis Imperialism: japan expanded into China, italy took over Ethiopia, GER annexed Austria & Czech.
Axis nations built up their military.
Axis Nat'lism=considered themselves super

Question 24

War

Accepted Answer

begins on september 1, 1939- Hitler invades Poland. September 2, 1939- GB & FR declare war

Question 25

Blitzkrieg

Accepted Answer

Lightning war; GER strategy, took enemy by surprise and swift aggressive overwhelming attack.

Question	Answer
Albert Einstein	Einstein = German born physicist New ideas on space, time, energy and matter Theory of relativity
Sigmund Freud	Austrian psychologist Much of human behavior is irrational Irrational part of mind is called the unconscious.
Why were the ideas of Einstein and Freud revolutionary?	They changed the way people thought about the world; they weakenend faith in absolute truths and reason.
Existentialism	No universal meaning to life, each person makes their own meaning through choices made and actions taken.
Friedrich Nietzsche	(German) too much focus on democracy, reason and progress, stifle actions based on emotion and instinct so creativity suffers.
Music, Art, Architecture & Literature	T.S. Eliot & Franz Kafka = wrote about lost values, situations you can't escape. Dada Movement - established values were made meaningless by savagery of WWI. Surrealism- inspired by Freud's ideas, lucid dreams. Frank Lloyd Wright- functionalism (clean
Women & Society	1920's "youth rebellion" Women's suffrage Looser/shorter clothes Hair "bobbed" wore makeup, drove cars, drank and smoked in public.
Technology	Cars were cheaper and faster, people now travled for leisure = motels, camp sites etc, Charles Lindbergh flew 33 hours alone from New York to Paris. Movies had sound.
Coalition Government	when there was not a clear party win created an alliance of several parties to form a parliamentary majority
Weimar Republic	Germany's new democratic government, created a lot of problems.
Inflation	printed money to par war expenses, money lost value.
Kellogg-Briand Pact	all countries in world sign to "renounce war as an instrument of national policy" - no way to enforce.
Stock Market Crash	1929- Wall Street, New York stock exchange; october 29, 1929 = Black Tuesday.
Adolf Hitler	Born in Austria, father died @ 13, poor student who wanted to be an artist. Fought in Western Front in WW1. Joined German Worker (NASDAP/Nazi) party and legally came into power in 1933. April 29, 1945- married his mistress Eva Braun April 30, 1945- de
Nuremberg Laws	Jews and German marriages were invalid, Jew's can't fligh GER flags or colors. 3 Jewish grandparents = Jewish by race, Made Jew's non-citizens
Evian Conference	No one wanted Jews. Cuba said they would take them but no other ports would, once they hit Cuba they sent them back and were killed.
Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass)	November 9, 1938; Nazi's brought trucks in with bricks and broke windows/doors of Jewish businessess. Encouraged public not to frequent Jewish businesses, no police stopped it and were eventually encouraged to go after Jews.
Joseph Stalin	Followed Lenin, 1928 he won Dictatorship.
Communists	Soft (Lenin'Trotsky) compromise, patient, less violent, realistic Hard (Stalin) no compromise, impatient, violent, idealistic
Stalin's Regime	Five year Plan; 1928-1932, wantes to end NEP Industrialization, state control of economy.
Collectivization	process by which individual ownership of an economic resource (farm) is replaced by collective ownership (people that work there)
The Purges	=to Holocaust; stalin controlled Soviet Union through his Secret Police which arrested millions of people and placed them in GULAGS. Purges continued until 1953 when Stalin died.
Causes of WW2	Axis Totalitarianism; Japan = ruled by military, GER & IT=Dictatorships. Axis Imperialism: japan expanded into China, italy took over Ethiopia, GER annexed Austria & Czech. Axis nations built up their military. Axis Nat'lism=considered themselves super
War	begins on september 1, 1939- Hitler invades Poland. September 2, 1939- GB & FR declare war
Blitzkrieg	Lightning war; GER strategy, took enemy by surprise and swift aggressive overwhelming attack.

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