Chapter 14

• Revoltiontionary Theory - The idea that the people should take control of their own lives and governments
• General Strike - 1926, 1.5 million workers went on strike
• Psychoanalysis - the unconscious mind is the source of all human behavior
• Social Darwinism - the idea that humans are naturally competitive and struggle for survival
• Modernism - a literary movement that emphasizes the importance of the individual and the importance of the artist
• Impressionism - a style of painting that emphasizes the effects of light and color
• Cubism - a style of art that breaks down objects into geometric shapes
• Post-Impressionism - Art movement that began in the late 1800s and early 1900s
• Abstract Painting - A painting that does not depict a specific subject or scene.
• Political Democracy - The ability of the people to participate in the political process and to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
• Suffragist - A woman who advocated for women's suffrage.
• Anti-Semitism - hatred of Jews, usually based on the belief that Jews are responsible for all the world's ills
• Pograms - a set of rules that govern the way in which a language is to be spoken
• Zionism - a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
• Economic Imperalism - Economics imperialism is the economic analysis of non-economic aspects of life, such as crime, law, the family, prejudice, tastes, irrational behavior, politics, sociology, culture, religion, war, science, and research. Related usage of the term goes back as far as the 1930