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Collectivism
The ideology that collective thinking and working is superior to the oppsition of individualism in a society.Collectivism does not need a government or political system to exist but it can also exist within a political system.Collectivism is group over individualism. -
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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. Freedom of speech was first accepted on a large scale nationally by the United States then other countries followed. -
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The United States Constitution
The Constitution of the U.S. is the supreme law for the United States of America. The Constitution is made up of 7 articles. Its first three articles adress separation of powers and the 3 Branches.. Articles Four, Five and Six has concepts of federalism, the rights and responsibilities of state governments and of the states in relationship to the federal government. Article Seven tells the ratification used by the thirteen States -
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Individualism
A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. The idea that an individual is self-reliant and can prosper by ones own self-interest and can thrive in a society with out the help of others. -
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Thye Second Industrial Revolution
A phase of the larger Industrial Revolution corresponding to the latter half of the 19th century until World War I. It is considered to have begun around the time of the introduction of Bessemer steel in the 1860s and culminated in early factory electrification, mass production and the production line. -
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World War One on the Eastern Front
During World War I, the Eastern Front (sometimes called the "Second Fatherland War" in Russian sources) was a series of operations that encompassed at its greatest reach the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria and Germany on the other. It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well. -
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Communism/The Early Communist States
A movement that rose up in Russia in 1916. A socioeconomic system structured upon common ownership of the means of production and characterized by the absence of social classes, money, and the state; as well as a social, political and economic ideology and movement that aims to establish this social order. -
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the Russian Revolution of 1917
In 1917, two revolutions completely changed the fabric of Russia. First, the February Russian Revolution toppled the Russian monarchy and established a Provisional Government. Then in October, a second Russian Revolution placed the Bolsheviks as the leaders of Russia, resulting in the creation of the world's first communist country. -
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Book Burning
Under Communist Rule Russia was subject to book burning. Books that were in opposition of communistic belief or ideas that the communist party did not like were burned. This took an influence on Ayn to get out of Russia because she would never get any of her books published if she stayed in Russia. -
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Hollywood
In the 1920s, Hollywood was the fifth largest industry in the nation.Hollywood became known as Tinseltown and Movie Biz City because of the glittering nature of the movie industry. The city represented the glamour and the extravagant lifestyles that people strived to have and has since become a major center for film study in the United States.