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Cultural Innovations in 1920s America

Explore the art, literature, and entertainment of the 1920s as American artists and writers search for meaning in a modern world. Discover the bohemian lifestyle, centers of creativity, and the themes expressed by influential figures such as Edward Hopper, Carl Sandburg, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and T.S. Eliot. Witness the innovative works of Eugene O'Neill, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald that capture the essence of a rapidly changing society. This study guide provides insights into the cultural innovations that shaped 1920s America.

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Cultural Innovations in 1920s America

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  1. 7.2 • Read and complete the 7.2 SG and charts

  2. 7.2 – Cultural Innovations

  3. 7-2 Study Guide Answers • What did American artists and writers in the 1920s explore? What it meant to be a modern and they searched for meaning in a modern world. • What does "Bohemian" mean in relation to artists, writers, and musicians? Aritistic and unconventional • Where did artists go to find centers of creativity, enlightenment, and freedom? Manhattan’s Greenwich Village & Chicago’s Southside • Whose paintings conveyed a modern sense of disenchantment and isolation? Edward Hopper

  4. 7-2 Study Guide Answers • What was Carl Sandburg's main theme, and how did he express it? Glorification of the midwest expressed through common speech • What writer expressed women's equality and praised a life intensely lived? Edna St. Vincent Millay • Who were three poets who used clear, concise images to express moments in time? Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell & William Carlos Williams

  5. 7-2 Study Guide Answers • How did T.S. Eliot describe the negative effects of modernism? As a world filled with empty dreams and “hollow men” • What did Eugene O'Neill's work dramatize? Realistic characters & situations, sometimes tragic • How was John Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy innovative? It combined fiction, biography, news headlines and prose. • What was the theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby? The emptiness & superficiality of much of modern society.

  6. On the Back of 7-2 Study Guide complete the following for poets and writers p. 420

  7. 7-2 Study Guide Answers • With what did the economic prosperity of the 1920s provide many Americans? More leisure time & more spending money, which they devoted to making their lives more enjoyable • What did radio and motion pictures make more popular? Sports, such as baseball & boxing • When was the first "talking" picture produced, and what was it? The Jazz Singer - 1927 • When was one of the first radio broadcasts in history, and what was it? In 1920 the news of the landslide victory of Warren G. Harding in the Presidential election

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