The Years in b/w the WarsThe 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

““The Roaring Twenties”The Roaring Twenties”~an age of uncertainty & ~an age of uncertainty &

anxiety~anxiety~In the United States…

-Booming economy-The business of government-Social & cultural tensions-A new mass culture-Harlem Renaissance

Rebellion in the ArtsRebellion 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

ProsperityProsperity• Model T (est. 1908)• Highway system- “Route 66” (by 1925…)

• Bull Market• Skyscrapers

http://encarta.msn.com/media_701765797/Route_66.html

CultureCulture• “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

Culture cont’d…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.

President Harding & CoolidgePresident Harding & Coolidge

1921-3 1923-9

A DepressionA 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

Fascism Rises in EuropeFascism Rises in Europe

• Militant political movement– Emphasized loyalty to the state & obedience

to its leader

*Benito Mussolini

*Adolf Hitler