Modern World History Ch 15 Vocab
fascism
A militant, nationalist political system based on intense loyalty to the state and obedience to its leaders
Axis Powers
A term used to refer to the role of Germany, Italy and Japan in WWII based on their 1936 agreement.
Charles Lindberg
American pilot who's solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927 captured world attention
Sigmund Freud
Austrian physician who introduced new ideas about human behavior and the unconscious
Great Depression
Collapse of the US economy; businesses and banks failed, leading to a world economic slump
New Deal
Franklin Roosavelt's program to create jobs and regulate the US economy during the Great Depression
Weimar republic
German democratic government (1919), weakend by inflation and lack of a democratic tradition
Albert Einstein
German physicist who developed the theory of relativity, which states that time, space, and mass are relative to each other and not fixed.
appeasement
Giving concessions to an agressor to keep peace; British and French policy towards Germany (1936 & 1938)
Francisco Franco
He led the civil war against Spain's republic government (1936-1939) and became a fascists dictator
Mussolini
II Duce, the Italian leader who abolished democracy and outlawed all political parties except the Fascists
Hitler
Nazi party leader who preached German racial superiority and anti-Semitism, and invaded other countries
jazz
New music style created by African-American musicians in New Orleans that swept the US and Europe
coalition government
Temporary allianc between several parties to run a government when no single party has major support
Munich Conference
The 1938 meeting at which Britain and other European nations allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland
Third Reich
The Third German Empire, which was established by Hitler
surrealism
The art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life
isolationism
The idea that political or military ties to other countries should be avoided
Friedrich Neitzsche
The philospher whose ideas about ancient heroic values affevted German ands Italian politics (1920-1930's)
existentialism
The philosphy that there is no universal meaning to life; people create meaning through choices and actions
