MHS APWH RAY CHAPTER 29 VOCAB TERMS Flashcards
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24903105 | Kellogg Briand Pact (1928) | A treaty coauthored by American and French leaders in 1928; in principle outlawed war forever; ratified subsequently by other nations | 0 | |
24903106 | Welfare State | New activism of the west European state in economic policy and welfare issues after World War II; introduced programs to reduce the impact of economic inequality; typically included medical programs and economic planning | 1 | |
24903107 | New Deal | President Franklin Roosevelt's precursor of the modern welfare state(1933-1939); programs to combat economic depression enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy; increased power of the state and the state's intervention in United States social and economic life | 2 | |
24903108 | Popular Front | Combination of Socialist and Communist political parties in France; won election in 1936; unable to take strong measures of social reform because of continuing strength of conservatives; fell from power in 1938 | 3 | |
24903109 | Fascism | Political philosophy that became predominant in Italy and then attacked weakness of democracy, corruption of capitalism; promised vigorous foreign and military programs; undertook state control of economy to reduce social friction | 4 | |
24903110 | Totalitarian State | a new kind of government in 20th century that exercised massive, direct control over virtually all the activities of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union | 5 | |
24903111 | Christian Democratic Movement | Political movement common to many Western European nations after WW II; wedded to democratic institutions and moderate social reform | 6 | |
24903112 | Federal Republic of Germany | Eventual name of postwar West German; created by the merging of the zones of occupation held by France, Britain, and the United States | 7 | |
24903113 | Technocrat | New type of bureaucrat; intensely trained in engineering or economics and devoted to the power of national planning; came to fore in offices of governments following WW II | 8 | |
24903114 | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative British prime minister from 1970 to 1991; held that office longer than any other person; worked to cut welfare and housing expenses, promote free enterprise | 9 | |
24903115 | European Union | economic, scientific, and political organization consisting of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, & Romania | 10 | |
24903116 | New Feminism | New wave of women's rights agitation dating from 1949; emphasized more literal equality that would play down domestic roles and qualities for women; promoted specific reforms and redefinition of what it meant to be female | 11 | |
24903117 | simone de beauvoir and betty friedom | couldn't find this one! process of elmination! | 12 | |
24903118 | John Keynes | British economist who stressed importance of government spending to compensate for loss of purchasing power during a depression; played role in the policies of the American New Deal and European economic planning after WW II. | 13 | |
24903119 | Cubist Movement | 20th- century are style; best represented by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso; rendered familiar objects as geometrical shapes | 14 |