In Between Wars

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In Between Wars
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Changes in Society

• Albert Einstein
• Theory of relativity
• Speed of light
• Light is constant, space and time are not

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Changes in Society

• Sigmund Freud
• Human behavior is irrational and beyond reason
• Loss of faith in reason

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Changes in Society

• Existentialism
• No universal meaning in life
• An individual creates his or her own meaning
  through choices

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New Ideas and Technology

• Surrealismeerie, dreamlike quality
• Jazzbegan in United States
• Automobile enhances society
• Charles Lindbergh and the airplane
• Radio and Film

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Fascism

• Political movement that promotes an extreme form
  of nationalism, a denial of individual rights,
  and a dictatorial one-party rule
• Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute,
  in comparison with which all individuals or
  groups are relative, only to be conceived of in
  their relation to the State.
• It is thus necessary that the individual should
  finally come to realize that his own ego is of no
  importance in comparison with the existence of
  the nation, that the position of the individual
  is conditioned solely by the interests of the
  nation as a whole.

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Benito Mussolini

• Democratic govt seemed unprepared to deal with
  problems
• Mussolini promised to revive Italy
• Fascist party 1919
• 1922 30,000 marched and demanded Mussolini be put
  into power
• Gained almost complete control of Italy as Il
  Duce

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Adolf Hitler

• Disappointing early life
• 2 Iron Crosses for Bravery in WWI
• 1919 joined Nazi Party
• Must overturn Treaty of Versailles
• Named Fuhrer of Nazi party
• Failed attempt to seize power in 1923
• Prison, Mein Kampf
• Turned to him after Great Depression
• 1933officially named chancellor of Germany
• Began controlling the country (totalitarianism)

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