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Between the Wars: Searching for Stability

This is a historical overview of the period between World Wars, focusing on the weak League of Nations, French power, German inflation, the Roaring Twenties in the United States, and the rise of fascism in Europe.

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Between the Wars: Searching for Stability

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  1. The Years in b/w the Wars“the search for stability” A. A weak League of Nations B. French most powerful European nation C. Inflation in Germany *The Dawes Plan> 1924

  2. “The Roaring Twenties”~an age of uncertainty & anxiety~ In the United States… -Booming economy -The business of government -Social & cultural tensions -A new mass culture -Harlem Renaissance

  3. Rebellion in the Arts • Dadaism • Obsessed w/ the idea that life had no purpose • Surrealism • Considered to be more important than Dadaism • Portrayed the unconscious • Science • Albert Einstein (physics) • Sigmund Freud (psychology) • Architecture • Functionalism

  4. Prosperity • Model T (est. 1908) • Highway system- “Route 66” (by 1925…) • Bull Market • Skyscrapers http://encarta.msn.com/media_701765797/Route_66.html

  5. Culture • “The Golden Age of Sports” • Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle • Radio • Flappers • Jazz Music • Magazines • Silent Movies http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560708/Jazz.html http://encarta.msn.com/media_701509495_761576998_-1_1/Blues_Singer_Koko_Taylor.html

  6. Culture cont’d… • Silent Movies • Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford • http://encarta.msn.com/media_461546450/Charlie_Chaplin.html • Literature • F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, & Earnest Hemingway among the many.

  7. President Harding & Coolidge 1923-9 1921-3

  8. A Depression~a period of low economic activity~ • -The Great Depression (mid ’20’s-mid’30’s) * 2 factors *Morale waned • Unemployment at its peak in early ’30’s • Political ideologies and methodologies *Marxism, Nazism, & Fascism rising

  9. Fascism Rises in Europe • Militant political movement • Emphasized loyalty to the state & obedience to its leader *Benito Mussolini *Adolf Hitler

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