1. 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

2. “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

3. 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

4. Prosperity Model T (est. 1908) Highway system- “Route 66” (by 1925…) Bull Market Skyscrapers http://encarta.msn.com/media_701765797/Route_66.html

5. Culture “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

6. Culture cont’d… Silent Movies –Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford http://encarta.msn.com/media_461546450/Charlie_Chaplin.ht mlhttp://encarta.msn.com/media_461546450/Charlie_Chaplin.ht ml Literature –F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, & Earnest Hemingway among the many.

7. President Harding & Coolidge 1921-3 1923-9

8. 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

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