World History Module 21 Vocabulary

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John Maynard Keynes

British economist whose theory states that governments could prevent economic downturns through deficit spending

Nazism

German brand of fascism

Third Reich

German empire

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher who dismissed reason, democracy, and progress as empty ideas

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Charles

Lindbergh first person to fly alone across the Atlantic

New Deal

Roosevelt's program for creating jobs and improving the American economy

Francisco Franco

Spain's fascist dictator

recession

a slowdown in a nation's economy

surrealism

art movement in which a dreamlike world, outside of reality, is portrayed or evoked

isolationism

belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided

Mein Kampf

book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany lebensraum living space

Hirohito

emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989; he led Japan during World War II appeasement giving in to keep the peace

Adolf Hitler

fascist leader of Germany

Benito Mussolini

fascist leader of Italy

Weimar Republic

government of Germany after World War I

coalition

government temporary alliance of several political parties

jazz

lively, loose form of popular music developed in the United States

Munich Conference

meeting of world powers in 1938 that allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia

Sigmund Freud

physician who exposed the workings of the unconscious mind existentialism philosophy that says each person must make meaning in a world that has no universal meaning

fascism

political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away individual rights

Franklin D. Roosevelt

president of the United States during the Depression

Albert Einstein

scientist who developed the theory of relativity theory of relativity idea that as moving objects approach the speed of light, space and time become relative

Great Depression

severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the U.S. stock market in 1929


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