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A Lost Generation 1920s – 1930s. Objective~ Understand the world socially & economically after WWI. Lecture # 2. The Roaring Twenties. The Jazz Age The flapper Freedom & excitement Prohibition~ ban on alcohol 18 th amendment 1919-1933 Advancements Automobile/Airplane/movies/radio.
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A Lost Generation1920s – 1930s Objective~ Understand the world socially & economically after WWI. Lecture # 2
The Roaring Twenties • The Jazz Age • The flapper • Freedom & excitement • Prohibition~ ban on alcohol • 18th amendment 1919-1933 • Advancements • Automobile/Airplane/movies/radio
Changes in Women’s Lives • Labor saving devices • Washing machines/vacuum cleaners/canned foods/birth control/etc • Freedom After Before
New Literature • WWI~ breakdown of Western Civilization • Disillusionment (What is the point of life) • Disgust in war (Lost Generation~ Gertrude Stein) • Harlem Renaissance • African American cultural awakening • Expressed pride & unique culture through novels/essays
Art & Architecture • Cubism~ three-dimensional objects as complex patterns of angles & planes • Pablo Picasso • Abstract~ composed only of lines, colors, & shapes • Dada/ Surrealism ~ rejected traditional art movements/believed there was no sense to the world
New Scientific Theories • Albert Einstein • Theory of relativity (measurements of space & time are not absolute) • Alexander Fleming • Penicillin kills bacteria (1st antibiotic) • Sigmund Freud • Psychoanalysis-subconscious mind drives behavior
Jazz Age Prohibition Psychoanalysis The Lost Generation Cubism Weimar Republic Stock Market Crash Kellogg-Briand Pact Vocabulary P. 420-425
The Coming Depression… • The U.S. Post WWI (1920s) Leading economic power • American loans backed recovery of Europe • Credit cards emerged • Problems: • Wealth not even (farmers & unskilled workers) • Overproduction of goods=unemployment
The Stock Market • People bought stocks on margins • If a stock is $100 you can pay only $10 now and the rest later when the stock rose • Stocks Fall~ now the person has less than $100 and no $$$ to pay it back • Panic sets in • Worried people tried to sell their stocks all at once • Stock prices crashed wiping out fortunes
Stock Market Crash 1929 • Black Tuesday October 29, 1929 • Overnight people lost everything • Houses, savings accounts.. • Banks/schools/factories closed • Caused more unemployment
Global Impact • U.S. want their $$$ back from Europe Germany suffered • U.S. imposed the highest tariffs in its history • Americans forced to buy American goods • World trade dropped 65%
Political turmoil & economic crises caused Italy and Germany to turn toward totalitarian dictators. Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini