1. The Moderns 1900-1950

2.  World War I

3.  Think about FDR’s statement. Be prepared to complete a Do Now regarding that statement.

4.  The Modernist Movement

5.  1. unlimited promise of an American Eden  2. optimism in the continued growth of America  3. triumph of the individual

6.  “Hoovervilles” named after Pres. Herbert Hoover

7.  “the forgotten man”  WPA – Works Progress Administration –  Allocated $300 million and gave work to people in the fields of writing, theater, music, and the visual arts.

8.  Amelia Earhart

9.  Hoover Dam  Golden Gate Bridge  Empire State Building

10.  Radio broadcasts  Ex. The Shadow, War of the Worlds

11.  Marxism  psychoanalysis

12.  Russia – the Bolsheviks led by Lenin

13.  Sigmund Freud – challenged Judeo-Christian idea of “free will”

14.  Stream of consciousness  Ex. Writers: James Joyce, William Faulkner

15.  prohibition

16.  F. Scott Fitzgerald

17.  disillusionment

18.  Ex-patriates or “ex-pats”

19.  Ernest Hemingway

20.  Disillusioment  However—he was a man of action, a warrior, and tough competitor; he has a code of honor, courage, and endurance.  Commonly works “grace under pressure”

21.  Henri Matisse  Pablo Picasso

22.  Emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form, reflecting the fragmentation of society  Rejection of traditional themes and subjects  Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream  Rejection of the ideal of a hero as infallible in favor of a hero who is flawed and disillusioned but shows “grace under pressure”  Interest in the inner workings of the human mind

23.  Ezra Pound  T. S. Eliot

24.  Robert Frost

25.  Know 3-4 writers  Know location  Know what is did to elevate African-American culture