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AP World History
Valhalla High School Bentley AP World Ch. 35
Term | Definition | significance | time period | chapter | region |
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lost generation | noted by Gertrude Stein, it was a label given to the group of American intellectuals and literati who congregated in Paris in the postwar years. | the "lost generation" expressed in poetry and fiction the malaise and sdisillusion that characterized U.S. and European hought after the Great War. | 1914 | Chapter 35 | europe and america |
The uncertainty principal | according to Heisenberg, it is imposible to specify simultaneously the position and the velocity of a subatomic particle. | the more acurate one determines the position of an electron the less precisely one can determine its velocity, and vice versa | 1927 | Chapter 35 | europe |
Freud's Psyoanalytic theory | through his clinical observations of patiens, Freud identified a conflict between conscious and unconscious mental processes tha lay at the root of neurotic behavior | this conflict, moreover, suggested to him the existence of a repressive mechanism that keeps painful memories or threatning events away from the conscious mind | 1896 | Chapter 35 | europe |
Psycoanalysis | provided the keys to undestanding all human behavior | Freudian doctries shaped the psychiatric profession and established a powerful presence in literature and the arts | 1920 | Chapter 35 | europe |
les fauves | "wild beasts"; expressionists, cubists, abstractionists, dadaists, or surrealists, artists enerally agreed on a program "to abolish the sovereigniy of appearance". | paintins no longer depicted recognizable objecs fom the everyday world and beauty was expressed in pure color or shape | 1914-present | Chapter 35 | france |
Bauhaus | an institution that brought together architects, designers, and painters from several countries | bauhaus was a community of innovators bend on creating a building landscape of the 20th century | 1914-present | Chapter 35 | germany |
"bridge" | german group of young artists | made a point of regularly visiting the local ethnographic museum to be inspired by the boldness and power of indigenous art | 1914-present | Chapter 35 | germany |
Religious Uncertainy | Karl Barth(Christian theologist) published a entitled Epistle to the Romans. It attacked the liberal Christian theology that embraced the idea of progress. The tendency of European thinkers to believe in improvement as the realization of gods purpose | reminded christians optimists that christs kingdom is not of this world | 1919 | Chapter 35 | europe |
Stalin's first 5 yr. plan | "congress of victors". Stalin brought more pluralism back in leadership with themes of unity and rconcilliation | It created great controversy with the communitst party. It resulted in labor camps with around 3 million dead | 1934-1939 | chapter 35 | Russia |
Fascism | Political ideology and mass movement that was prominent in many parts of Europe between 1919-1945; isought to regenerate thesocial, political, and cultural life of societies, especially in contrast to liberal democracy and socialism began w/ Mussolini | attracted the middle classes and rural populations. Because of ecnomic and social crises, so this was reassuring to people after the war, but Hitler took it to the extreme and it ended up negative | 1920's and 1930's began popularity | chapter 35 | Europe |
Benito Mussolini | The Guiding Force behind Italian Fascism, a former socialist, who encouraged the Italians to enter the Great War | brought mostly Fascist leaders into parliment, and transformed Italy with the new type of state he created. Also he inaugurated a fascist regime | begining in 1912 | chapter 35 | Italy |
Adolf Hitler | Chairman of the National Socialist German Workers party (the Nazi movement) | created the nazi movement which killed many people in Germany and other areas and instilled fear in many citizens | begining in 1921 | chapter 35 | Germany |
National Socialist Party | The only legal German political party under the rule of Hitler | Killed people who followed or believed in any other goverment type | begining in 1933 | chapter 35 | Germany |
The Nazi party | The single largest party in parliment, Hiltler's national socialism movement | killed people who were "hereditary ill" or "racial aliens". They were a very anti-semetic group who killed many people | beginging in 1933 | chapter 35 | Germany |
Il Popolo d' Italia | "The Peoplof Italy", Mussolini's newspaper | It encouraged Italian entry into the Great War | founded in 1914 | chapter 35 | Italy |
Anti-Semitism | prejudive against the Jewish religion | lead to the killing of many jews by the Nazi party and a great racial problem in Germany | begining in 1933 | chapter 35 | Germany |
The Crash of 1929 | Dramatic drop in stock market due to investors quickly selling their stock. | Led to the Great Depression where many people lost a lot of money and the economy dropped dramatically | 1929 | chapter 35 | United States |
Black Thursday | 24 October, when the stock market crashed | Led to Great Depression where economy dropped dramatically | 24 October 1929 | chapter 35 | United States |
John Maynard Keynes | Influencial economist who tried to answer the central problem to the Depression by increasing money supply and undertaking public works projects. | Answered the problem and helped to relieve some of the economic pressure. | twentieth century | chapter 35 | United States |
The New Deal | Roosevelts step to reinflate economy by providing jobs, social security, minimum wages, and prevent another collapse. | Answered the problem and some of the policies are still used today. | twentieth century (1882-1945) | chapter 35 | United States |
War Communism | Bolshevik party seized control of banks, private property, and churches during the Russian civil war. | was very unpopular and reverrsed by Lenin years later | 1918-1921 | chapter 35 | Russia, USSR |
New Economic Policy (NEP) | Lenins policies to restore market economy by returning to private ownership of land and having free market prices. | Temporarily restored market economy and was replaced by the First Five-Year Plan by Stalin | 1921-1924 | chapter 35 | Russia, USSR |
First Five-Year Plan | Temporarily transformed the soviet from the agricultural country into a leading industrial power emphasized by heavy industry | temporarily worked and was a monumental endeavor that helped Russia economy and position in the political world. | First Implimented in 1929 | chapter 35 | Russia, USSR |