1. Postwar Social Changes
Mr. Meester
World History
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2. Vocabulary Jazz Age Lost Generation Harlem Renaissance Modern Art
Marie Curie
Alexander Fleming

3. Reaction to World War I
Most of a generation of young people were either killed or maimed during WWI.
Those left alive carried scars both physical and emotional
This caused rapid change in Europe and America
A backlash against the old order began
People began to question everything they thought they knew

4. The Jazz Age
It was a period of time in the mid 1920’s named after a new type of music; Jazz.
This music combines Western harmonies with African rhythm
Young people disillusioned by war, rejected the rules & morals of their parents and embraced the Jazz Age.

5. The Postwar Woman Jazz Age women where known as Flappers
They were liberated and risqué
Women also gained the right to vote and were allowed to work outside the home
They had proven their equality during the war
Some were elected to public office
Others competed in professional sports
Most professions were still dominated by men
Wages were no where near equal

6. Women of the Jazz Age

7. New Literature
Many postwar writers like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the moral breakdown of Western Civilization
They became known as the “Lost Generation”
They reflected the disillusionment seen after WWI
The Harlem Renaissance marked an African American cultural awakening
African American writers and artists explored their culture and experience in America
Laid the foundation for the civil rights movement

8. The New Authors Hemmingway & Fitzgerald Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Hemmingway & Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes

9. New Science
Marie Curie discovered that the atoms of certain elements are radioactive
Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity which leads to the atomic bomb
Alexander Fleming discovers a nontoxic mold that kills bacteria; penicillin
World’s 1st Antibiotic
Sigmund Freud developed Psychology
The study of the human mind and behavior
He believed our subconscious influenced our decisions

10. Modern Art Many new styles of art came out the disillusionment of WWI
Artists rejected traditional styles
Cubism:
3-D objects broken down into fragmented parts
Abstract:
Pictures composed of only lines, colors, and, shapes with no real subject
Surrealism:
Attempts to portray the workings of the unconscious mind

11. Cubism
Spanish Painter
Pablo Picasso’s
The Harlequin

12. Abstract
Swiss Painter
Paul Klee’s
Flowers

13. Spanish Painter Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory
Surrealism
Spanish Painter Salvador Dali’s
The Persistence of Memory

14. Recap Features of the Jazz Age Women in the 1920’s & 1930’s Literature
Origins, Music, Post-War Disillusionment
Women in the 1920’s & 1930’s
Flappers, Movement toward equality, etc.
Literature
Lost Generation & Harlem Renaissance
Scientific Breakthroughs
Modern Art
New Styles