Which Candidate Will You Choose? First Candidate’s Platform Remember Germany’s glorious past Replace our present indecisive leader with a strong effective leader Rebuild the army to protect against enemies Regain the lands taken unfairly form us Make sacrifices to return to economic health Our country will be great power again Second Candidate’s Platform No quick or simple solutions to problems Put people back to work, but economic recovery will be slow Provide for the poor, elderly and the sick Avoid reckless military spending Act responsibly to safeguard democracy Be a good neighbor country, honor our debts and treaty commitments
New Revolution in Science Albert Einstein offered new ideas on space, time, energy & matter Speed of light is constant Space & time may seem constant are truly not Space & time can change when measured relative to an object moving near the speed of light Theory of Relativity
Influence on Psychology Sigmund Freud treated patients with psychological problems Most human behavior is irrational or beyond reason Irrational part of mind the unconscious Freud’s ideas weakened faith in reason Freud’s theories would spread
Literature in the 1920’s Writers began to write about society’s concerns Franz Kafka wrote eerie novels such as The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926) James Joyce wrote Ulysses (1922) dealt with stream-of- consciousness To deal with the uncertain world, people turned to philosophy known as existentialism Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that Western ideas such as reason & democracy had stifled people’s creativity and actions
Revolution in the Arts Artists wanted to depict the inner world of emotion and imagination Geogres Braque (France) & Pablo Picasso (Spain) founded Cubism Transformed natural shapes into geometric forms Many times several views were depicted at the same time
The Persistence of Memory (1931)
Surrealism Art work that sought to link the world of dreams with real life
New Style of Music Jazz emerged in the U.S. Developed by many African American musicians in areas of Chicago, Memphis & New Orleans Lively and loose beat spread throughout U.S. & Europe Captured the new freedom of the age
Automobile Improvements
Prior to WWI, automobiles were for strictly for the rich December 1913 Henry Ford came up the assembly line Could produce cars faster Britain produced 34,000 cars in 1913 By 1937, they produced 511,00 cars Lowered the price of the car Lifestyle changes
Air Travel
Charles Lindbergh Flew from New York to Paris in 33 hours
Flies solo across the Atlantic 1932
Technology Improves Aerosol Sprays Norway by Erik Rotheim Antibiotic Penicillin England by Alexander Fleming Frozen Food USA by Clarence Birdseye Handheld Hair Dryer USA by Hamilton Beach Co. Vacuum Tube Hearing Aid USA by Earl Hanson Iron Lung USA by Philip Drinker Liquid Fuel Rocket USA by Robert Goddard
Technology Improves Quartz Clock USA by Warren Marrison Adhesive Bandages USA by Earle Dickson Talking Pictures USA Television Scotland by John Logie Baird Ultracentrifuge (Separates Proteins) Sweden by The Svedberg Videophone USA Electric Razor USA by Jacob Schick
Other Improvements Guglielmo Marconi developed radio KDKA (Pittsburgh) became the first radio station Movies becoming a new form of entertainment In Europe movies were seen as art Films being made from Europe, Cuba, to the U.S.
Warner Brothers The Warner family came to Youngstown in 1895 from Poland They sold bicycles, soap and ice cream 1900 invested in a movie projector 1903 investing in theaters 1918 moved to California