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2. ALBERT EINSTEIN German-American Physicist (scientist).
Developed theory of relativity

3. SIGMUND FREUD
Austrian Psychiatrist who studied how/why the brain works
Our subconscious mind wants to speak but we typically stop it (FREUDIAN SLIP)

4. PABLO PICASSO Begins the CUBIST MOVEMENT
Abstract ART to show inner emotions
Famous interwar painting - Guernica

5. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS of 1917
First Revolution – March Revolution – Tsar removed from power. Communists take over
2nd Rev - NOVEMBER REVOLUTION – LENIN takes over. Tsar is KILLED. BOLSHEVIKS take over.

6. LENIN
Leader of the Bolsheviks Overthrew temporary government Established communism and the Soviet Union

7. STALIN Successor to Lenin Brutal/heavy handed
Set up “Five Year Plans” for strength.

8. 5 Year Plans Stalin’s plan to make the Soviet Union strong
1st 5 Year Plan – Successful collectivization and increased production
2nd 5 Year Plan – disaster and causes millions of deaths

9. Authoritarianism
Government is controlled by one person, typically referred to as a dictator

10. FASCISM Authoritarian government that controls all business
Extreme militarism and nationalism
Seen in ITALY under Mussolini and SPAIN under Franco

11. TOTALITARIAN LEADERS (Total control)
Totalitarianism – exists under conditions where the government takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life
Mussolini – ITALY
Hitler – GERMANY
Hirohito – JAPAN
Stalin – SOVIET UNION (USSR)
Police state – strict enforcement of totalitarian state

12. Sun Yat Sen Nationalist leader in China
Established the Chinese Republic in 1911
Wanted to Modernize China

13. Mustafa Kemal ATATURK Nationalist leader of Turkey
Knows as the “Father of the Turks” (aka Ataturk)
Wanted to Modernize Turkey

14. Mohandas Gandhi Nationalist leader of India
Freed India from British rule
Utilized non-violence and civil disobedience
Civil Disobedience = Refusal to obey unjust laws

15. TOTALITARIANISM/POLICE STATE
Type of governments during World War II Era where leaders had complete control
Disobeying government often resulted in death

16. Did these factors contribute to World War II?

17. What events from World War I contributed to the bad political climate between the wars?