OGT Vocab. Quiz 3- Eras
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Industrial Revolution | Period (beginning in the mid 18th century) during which machines replaced hand tools, and steam and electricity took the place of human and animal power. |
| Great Depression | A period lasting from 1929-1940 in which the US economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed |
| Harlem Renaissance | Flowering of African-American artistic creativity during the 1920's centered in the Harlem community of New York City |
| New Deal | President Franklin Roosevelt's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression; focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform. |
| Enlightenment | An intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries marked by a celebration of human reason, science, religious toleration, and a desire to construct governments free of tyranny. |
| French Revolution | A revolution in France at the end of the 18th century which ended the thousand year rule of kings in France. |
| Russian Revolution | A revolution in Russia (1917-1918) that overthrew the Czar (monarch) and brought the Bolsheviks (socialists/communists) to power. |
| Cold War | Following WW2, a period of political and economic struggle between the democratic nations of the west (led by the US) and the communist bloc (led by the Soviet Union). |
| WWI | Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, United States Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire |
| WWII | Allied Powers: Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan |
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