AP EURO UNIT 16: 1919-1939 INTERWAR YEARS

Apartheid

Segregation of races in South Africa post-colonization

Civil Disobedience

Non-violent protest method used by Gandhi in India

Mao Zedong

Leader of Chinese communist party during civil war

Emperor Hirohito

Japanese emperor focused on militarism and expansion

Appeasement

Policy of giving in to territorial demands to avoid war

Flapper

Rebellious American women in the Roaring 20s

Prohibition

US 18th amendment banning alcohol to prevent abuse

Great Depression

Global economic collapse post WWI, starting in the US

The New Deal

FDR's plan for government jobs to combat unemployment

Fascism

Total dictatorship form of government adopted by Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Leader of Italy's fascist government and Blackshirts

Blackshirts

Italian national security under Mussolini

March on Rome

Mussolini's march demanding power from King Orlando.

Lateran Pact

Agreement between Mussolini and the Roman Catholic Church.

Ruhr Valley

French-occupied German industrial center post-WWI.

Maginot Line

French defense along the German border, costly and ineffective.

Command Economy

Government-controlled economy dictating production, wages, and prices.

Gulags

Russian political labor camps for dissenters, under Stalin.

Totalitarian State

Government run by a dictator with complete societal control.

Propaganda

Government-driven misinformation to influence public opinion.

Squadristi

Italian fascists attacking socialist groups to maintain power.

Lebensraum

Hitler's concept of expanding German territory towards the East.

Fuhrerprinzip

Enforcement of leader's policies without question, by Hitler.

New Economic Policy

Lenin's capitalist solution for Russia's failing economy.

Authoritarian State

Government demanding obedience without opposition or dissent.

Dadaism

Interwar art style illustrating life's purposelessness.

Surrealism

Art style with illogical imagery representing unconscious reality.

Functionalism

Architectural style emphasizing functionality over aesthetics.

Uncertainty Principle

Physics principle by Heisenberg stating electron unpredictability.