Post ww1

cubism

Transforming natural shapes into geometrical forms invented in Spain, broken down into parts with sharp angles and edges, several views depicted at same time

expressionism

artist turned against tradition and depicted their inner world of emotion rather than realistic, these artist used bold colors and exaggerated forms

surrealism

art movement sought to link the world of dreams with real life inspired by Freuds ideas, surreal-beyond or above reality-said used unconscious part of mind to create

changes in society due to technology

brought the world closer together because of media expansion with radios-propaganda, advertisements

technology

Cars, Radios, Movies,airplanes.

Why did many people lose their factory jobs after 1929

Production in factories reduced since the US goods weren’t needed to be sold as much so workers were cut, since countries started producing what they needed on their own

Kellogg-Braind Peace Pact

an agreement to outlaw war (attempt to get rid of it) between almost every country

Manchuria

China’s northeast province that had loads of coal and iron which Japan needed to improve their economy, military seized it and used puppet gov without japan’s parliament knowing/them objecting

Similarities between fascism and communism

Under dictators, only allowed their political party, no individual rights, the gov was supreme

Differences between fascism and communism

Fascist had classes with place and function nationalism was key, Communism- classless and internationalist view

How did Hitler and Mussolini take control

Legally, Mussolini- 30,000 people marched to Rome and demanded the king make Mussolini in charge he agreed, Hitler- conservatives advised he be chancellor, he called for new elections, burned Reich stag blamed communists and won

What did Hitler and Mussolini do once they were in control

Banned any other political parties, banned strikes, no labor unions, censored media

How did Japan change their gov to deal with the great depression

Japan blamed their gov (Military reported to the empire) for the great depression so military leaders won support and instilled old traditions of militarism, the emperor was now the symbol of the state.

Isolationism

The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided or they can solve their own problems, used by us after ww1

Appeasement

giving into the aggressor to keep peace what France and Britain did towards Germany since they didn’t have military with the league of nations

What were some events(chronologically) that proved the league of nations was powerless

Letting Japan take Manchuria, letting Italy invade eithiopia, letting Germany take the Rhineland(major industrial region, letting Germany join with Austria and take Czechoslovakia, letting Mussolini take Albania, letting hitler take port of danzig