The Years in b/w the Wars 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

“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

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

Prosperity Model T (est. 1908) Highway system- “Route 66” (by 1925…) Bull Market Skyscrapers

Culture “The Golden Age of Sports” –Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle Radio Flappers Jazz Music Magazines Silent Movies

Culture cont’d… Silent Movies –Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford mlhttp://encarta.msn.com/media_ /Charlie_Chaplin.ht ml Literature –F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, & Earnest Hemingway among the many.

President Harding & Coolidge

A Depression 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

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