CHAPTER 15 YEARS OF CRISIS

1919 - 1939Mrs. TuckerWorld HistoryVictor Valley High School

Vocabulary Terms – Frayer Method

EXISTENTIALISM

Jean Paul Sartre’s philisophy that There is no universal meaning to life. People create their own meaning In life through their choices & actions;

Importance of choice; Belief in meaning of life;

COALITION GOVERNMENT

Temporary alliance of several Parties needed to form a Parliamentary majority;

Combination Sole party

WEIMAR REPUBLIC

New democratic government in Germany that was weak and blamed For Signing Treaty of Versailles;

Weak Republic Strong Stable Government

GREAT DEPRESSION

Long business slump along with The 1929 Stock Market Crash in US—it would effect all countries;

A business slump a boom

NEW DEAL

Program of government reforms Including public works projects to Provide jobs for the unemployed And aid to farmers and businesses;

Government Reforms Laissez Faire

FASCISM

New, militant political movement That emplasized loyalty to state And obedience to its leader;

Extreme Nationalism Communism

NAZISM

Fascist National Socialist German Workers Party led by Adolph Hitler with swastika for a symbol;

Fascism Communism

LEBENSRAUM

Hitler’s declaration that Germany Needed more “living space.”

Expansion Non-Expansion

APPEASEMENT

Giving in to an aggressor to Keep peace;

Giving in fighting back

AXIS POWERS

ISOLATIONSIM

MUNICH CONFERENCE

Meeting of Germany, France, Britain, And Italy in Munich, Germany where Germany was allowed to take Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) to keep Peace;

Meeting to give in to Hitler’s Confrontation regarding

Demands; Germany’s aggression;