https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2017-03-29 16:24:37 UTC 2025-10-24 19:54:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 351103 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163477048 The Lost Generation was a term used to describe the many artist, musicians, and writers that were emotionally affected by WWI. They experienced disillusionment which is a feeling of disappointment when someone realizes something is not how they imagined it to be. Much of the Lost Generation had lost hope due to the terrors of WWI. They tried to find a new meaning to life after the war.]]> 2017-03-29 16:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163477048 349628 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163477603 Throughout the years 1800 and 1850 there was a movement of art that was expressed and inspired by emotions and nature called realism. Throughout the years of 1830 and 1900 there was another movement of art which emphasized the importance of showing people who they really are and what their lives are like.
Disillusionment:  realizing that something which someone thought was true or good is not really true or good
Existentialism: philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions
Surrealism: art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life, inspired by Sigmund Freud
Cubism: Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form

]]> 2017-03-29 16:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163477603 349628 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163479232 Totalitarianism is a type  of government that takes total control of every aspect of public and private life.  Methods of totalitarianism include; ideology, state control of individuals, methods of enforcement, modern technology, state control of society, dictatorship and one party rule, and dynamic leader.]]> 2017-03-29 16:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163479232 351103 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163484358 The collapse of the U.S. stock market in 1929 was a direct cause of the Great Depression. Factories and businesses had to let go of  workers and production decreased. People had no jobs and in Germany, they were in search for a new leader. Hitler was appointed Chancellor and later became a dictator and controlled Germany with Nazism. Great Depression: Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of U.S. stock market in 1929.
High unemployment rates in U.S. and decreased industrial production resulted in a domino effect around the world.]]> 2017-03-29 16:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163484358 351103 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163486670 Fascism is a political movement that emphasizes loyalty to the state and obedience to the leader. Every aspect of people's lives were controlled by the state, such as economy, education, family, religion, and culture. Some fascist leaders were Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), and Hitler (Germany).]]> 2017-03-29 16:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163486670 351103 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163487273 After the inflation, people were hopeless and all they wanted was a strong leader. Hitler was appointed Chancellor and later became the leader of Germany. He was a dictator. He made promises to rebuild the economy and bring back jobs. This is what the people wanted. Hitler was a Fascist. He believed that there was such thing as a "perfect" race and in order to be part of the race you had to have blonde hair and blue eyes, even though he had neither. He had a plan to eliminate Jews, homosexuals, the elderly, the disabled, and gypsies. In order to do this, he sent them to concentration camps where most people were tortured and killed.]]> 2017-03-29 16:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163487273 351103 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163487546 The Wiemar Republic was the new democrat government of Germany after WWI (1919).
It was weak from the start because 1-no real experience with democracy 2-several competing political parties 3-German people blamed new government for harsh & humiliating conditions ending WWI. These three reason were the main factors for the downfall of the democracy. They had no real plan or promises to make. The fall led to many more downfalls such as Nazism

]]> 2017-03-29 16:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163487546 349628 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589450 Fascism is a political system in which peoples lives are completely controlled by the state and no political opposition is allowed. Similar characteristics that fascism and communism have are: one party rule, the state controls everything, secret police terror, and censorship. ]]> 2017-03-30 02:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589450 349628 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589659 Nazism is the German brand of Fascism, which was under the control of Adolf Hitler. While  arrested, Hitler wrote a book called Mein Kampf  in which he describes all of ideas and and plans. The book describes how he believes that Germans are superior to all other people, the Treaty of Versailles treated Germans unfairly, and that Germany needed more lebensraum and promised that he would conquer lands for Germany.   ]]> 2017-03-30 02:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589659 349628 https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589716 During the Great Purge, Russians had lost the majority of their basic rights. Throughout the years 1936 to 1938 millions have died under the rule of Stalin, an estimated 8 to 13 millions have lost their lives. The Five Year Plans was a method for economic growth. The first and second plans were the heavy development of industry and agriculture. The third plan emphasized the production of armaments. The fourth stressed on heavy military and industry. The last enforced rapid industrial development.]]> 2017-03-30 02:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/351103/1fhcv2gc66s9/wish/163589716