francheska ch. 15
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- benito mussolini
- founded the fascist party, leader of italy
- theory of relativity
- theory by albert einstein, space and time can change when measured relative to an object moving near the speed of light
- Munich Conference
- held on september 1938 germany, france, britain, and italy were invited, they were thinking of a way to keep peace with hitler
- fascism
- militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader
- Francisco Franco
- a general who leaded a revolt whoch started a civil war of 3 years
- New Deal
- presidents roosevelts economic reform program designed to solve problems created by the great depression
- Mein Kampf
- book by hitler, wrote it during his time in jail, about hitlers goals and beliefs for germany
- Isolationism
- belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided
- Albert Einstein
- made theory of relativity,
- anti-semitism
- prejudice against jews
- Charles Lindbergh
- an american pilot, did a 33 hour solo flight from N.Y. to Paris
- Surrealism
- an art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life
- Sigmund Freud
- austrian physician, treated patients with physcological problems, constructed theory about the human mind
- Jazz
- new popular musical style, developed by african americans in new orleans, memphis, and chicago
- appeasement
- the making of concessions to aggressor in order to avoid war
- Thrid Reich
- german empire, Hilter wanted to absord and Czechoslovakia into it
- nazism
- the fascist policies of the nazi party , based on totaliarian
- Adolf Hitler
- german leader, disliked jews, leader of nazi party, wrote 'mein kampf '
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1st U.S. president after the great depression had begun
- Great Depression
- a long business slump
- Weimar Conference
- germanys new democratic was set up in 1919
- Welfare
- money given to people in need of it, aprt of roosevelts new deal
- existentialism
- philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to thier lives through choices and actions
- axis powers
- WW1, the nations of germany, italy and japan formed an alliance in 1936
- Coalition Government
- temporary allaince of several parties