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English 2034 America & Gatsby “Restless Optimism”
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“Westward Ho!” “Manifest destiny” Expansion and Indian relations Community vs. individualism
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The “Loner” in Cowboy Legend
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20 th Century Expansionism The Melting Pot Identity?
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Rural to Urban Life Video: San Francisco at 1905
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The American Dream Rags to riches! Anyone can do it… or can they?
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Clothing & Attire at 1900 Post-Victorian “respectability” in dress
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We’re still the same people
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Flappers Loosening of sexual rules and traditions Popular culture in films, radio, and music
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The Jazz Age (1920s) Postwar optimism Cars, freedom, and illegal booze
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896- 1940 Writer of four novels and several short stories, including “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Had a middle-class Catholic upbringing in Minnesota Lived an extravagant life in Paris and befriended Hemingway Stormy marriage to “Zelda,” money problems, and alcoholism Unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriting later in life
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