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1 The War Period in Europe
Democracies Are Difficult To Maintain

2 Germany Weimar Republic was weak High inflation led by von Hindenberg
democracy was a new thing High inflation printed money to pay off debt France / Britain wanted gold

3 Germany U. S. creates the Dawes Plan
loaned Germany money to pay off its debts $200 million loan caused economic growth in Germany created by Charles Dawes of the U. S.

4 France Unstable government New government 40 times in 20 years
Maginot Line series of fortifications and trenches defense system against another invasion

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9 Peace Treaties Washington Conference (1921 - 1922)
Limit Japan’s growing power Open Door Policy in China Limit ship building and scrap many current battle ships led by Charles Evans Hughes

10 Peace Treaties Kellogg - Briand Pact (1928) Renounce all war
“Spirit of Locarno” 1925 Pact of Peace No way to police other countries Allowed for “defensive” wars

11 Society Rapidly Changes

12 Air Travel Air mail begins
1927 Charles Lindbergh flies solo over the Atlantic Ocean Passenger Airlines begin in the 1930’s

13 Radio Commercial Stations begin in the 1920’s
original place for information created entertainment with shows Allows for “mass” communication

14 Science Albert Einstein Theory of Relativity
E=MC2 (squared) Opened the door for the nuclear age Warned President Roosevelt of the Atomic Bomb possibilities

15 Science Ego Super Ego Id Sigmund Freud
developed the theory of the unconscious mind Ego Super Ego Id

16 Art Surrealism - Salvador Dali
Artists and writers searched for a connection to the unconscious mind

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19 Harlem Renaissance Movement in the arts in the African American community in Harlem New York Major changes in music and literature

20 Harlem Jazz Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington
Combination of Blues and Ragtime Dancing Music

21 Harlem Literature Langston Hughes - poet
Described the despair of the past and the hope of the future

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