10 Things You Need to Know About Post WWI & Rise of Totalitarianism by Edwin Sierra https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df Made with mirth en-us 2017-03-29 18:50:27 UTC 2025-11-17 22:15:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Describe the "Lost Generation" 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163528015 The Lost Generation were the group of American artists(Writers, musicians, painters, etc.) who left the US after WWI and moved to European cities. They left the US searching for new meaning in life, such horrific tragedies of war had forced them to lose hope. They honestly believed what they had been told before, was all a lie. Such artists included the likes of  Gertrude Stein, Picasso, Scott Fitzgerald etc. ]]> 2017-03-29 18:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163528015 2.The art movements after WWI 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163533050 Surrealism: a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality".
Existentialism: a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
Cubism: an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century.
Disillusionment:a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
Realism:was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century. Realism revolted against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement.


]]> 2017-03-29 19:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163533050 3.The Great Depression 340899 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163534228 The Great Depression was a severe declined in the economy following the stock market crash in 1929. US unemployment was through the roof, thousands of businesses failed as banks closed as well, and factory production had been cut in half. The collapse of the US economy had an impact world wide, worried American bankers demanded repayments for their loans overseas, and American investors withdrew their money from Europe. Their market for European goods fell sharply as American tariffs were set extremely high. This set a chain reaction to other countries as they also set up their higher tariffs, world trade dropped by 65 percent. Because of their war debts and dependence on American loans Germany and Austria were hit hard. ]]> 2017-03-29 19:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163534228 4.Totalitarianism 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163537864 Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the national government takes control of all aspects of life, both public and private. Methods of enforcement of this including Police terror, censorship, indoctrination, and persecution. In a totalitarian rule the state controls all religion, business, labor, education etc. Some examples of totalitarian leaders included the likes of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini etc. ]]> 2017-03-29 19:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163537864 8. What do fascism and communism have in common? 340899 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163538044 they are all forms of dictatorship also they are a one party system. In both they must need government control. They do not have their own rights. They planned economy. ]]> 2017-03-29 19:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163538044 9. What factors led to the downfall of the Weimar Republic? 340899 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163538983  political and economic, internal and external, structural and short-term were some downfalls to the Weimar Republic.

]]> 2017-03-29 19:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163538983 10. What were the Great Purge & the Five Year Plans? 340899 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163539455 the great purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938. the five year plan was of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, created by General Secretary Joseph Stalin and based on his policy of Socialism in One Country. It was implemented between 1928 and 1932.]]> 2017-03-29 19:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163539455 5.Fascism 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163578392 Political system in which people's lives are completely controlled by the state and there is no political opposition allowed. People within the state were not allowed to protest or organize any type of opposition group. Extreme nationalism, examples of fascist rulers include Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.]]> 2017-03-30 00:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163578392 6.Nazism 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163579270 Nazism: The name of the fascist policies of the National Socialist German Workers' party. Their policies were based on totalitarianism, racial superiority, and state industry control. Hitler wrote the book "Mein Kempf" while he was in prison which outlined his plans for Nazism. He believed that Germans were superior to everyone,  ]]> 2017-03-30 00:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163579270 7.Hitler's rise to power 351629 https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163579797 After WWI Germany was deep in national debt, starvation, and their entire government system was flawed. Hitler won over the masses support through his propaganda, incredible speeches, and his book Mein Kempf promised more land would be conquered for better living space. After the depression hit Germany the country's economy was in terrible shape, soon Hitler was appointed Chancellor of the German government. Hitler soon took powers as a dictator after becoming Chancellor.]]> 2017-03-30 00:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/351629/iw5daar0e8df/wish/163579797