Post War Uncertainty

By: Porsha Johnson &Julissa M&M

What Happened During The Post War

In the Post War, people began questioning traditional beliefs

Some found answers in scientific development, which changed the way they looked at the world

Many people used the technological improvements in transport an communication

Women demanded more rights and young people adopted new values

Scientific Advances German physicist Albert Einstein and Austrian physician, Sigmond Freud, mad major contributions to scientific development

In 1905, Einstein theorized that while the speed of light is constant, such as space and time, are not. Space and time can change when measured relative to an object moving near the speed of light- about 186,000 miles per second (This was called the theory of relativity).

Sigmund Freud believe that much of human behavior is irrational. He also called the irrational part of the mind, the “unconscious”

Literature In the 1920’s

The brutality of WWI caused philosophers and writers to question the acceptance of ideas about “reasons” and “progress”.

Many people feared and expressed doubts about traditional religious beliefs, due to the impression of the war

Some writers and thinkers expressed their anxieties by creating disturbing vision of the present and the future

T.S. Eliot (an American poet that lived in England) described the postwar world as a barren “wasteland”, drained of hope & faith

Literature In the 1920s (cont.)

William Butler Yeats (an Irish poet) conveyed a sense of dark times ahead

Horror of war made a deep impression on many writers

Many novels showed the influence of Frued’s theories on the unconscious

Some thinkers turned to the philosophy known as existentialism

Existentialists influenced by German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche wrote that Western ideas such as reason, democracy, and progress had stifled people’s creativity and actions.

Revolution In the Arts

Artists wanted to depict the inner world of emotion and imagination

Expressionist painters like Paul Klee used bold colors and exaggerated shapes

Surrealism is an art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life

A new style of music called jazz was created in the Untied States mainly by African Americans

Advancements In Transportation and

Entertainment Drugs and medical treatments were developed by new scientists, that helped billions of people in the postwar years

War’s technological advances were used to improve transportation and communication after the war

Automobile benefited from a host of wartime innovations and improvements- electric starters, air-filled tires and more powerful engines

Advancements In Transportation and

Entertainment (cont.) International air travel became an objective after the war

Guglielmo Marconi conducted his first successful experiments with the radio in 1865

Global prosperity came to depend on the economic well-being of all major nation, especially the Untied States

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The EndTHANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT!!!