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Ch 15-1. 1919-39
Modern World History
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10th Grade
03/26/2006

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Charles Lindbergh
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Flew a plane (named Spirit of St. Louis) solo across from New York to Paris.
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Great Depression
Definition
The severe economic slump that happened after the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1929.
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Albert Einstein
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Famous German-born physicist. Developed THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
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Theory of Relativity
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Einstein's idea about relationships between time and space, and between energy and matter. Speed of light is constant, but space and time are not.
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Sigmund Freud
Definition
Austrian doctor who treated people with psychological problems.
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The Interpretation of Dreams
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Book by Sigmund Freud. He said that people have "drives" to do things, and that these "drives" are in the unconscious mind.
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What was good about the time right after WW I?
Definition
Lots of advances in physics (Einstein), psychiatry (Freud), literature, communication, music, and transportation (Lindbergh).
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The Lost Generation
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American writers, painters, musicians who left the United States after WW I to live in Europe.
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Existentialism
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Belief that there is no universal meaning to life. Each person gives his own meaning to life through choices made and actions taken.
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Who were the leaders of the existentialism movement?
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Jean Paul Sartre (France).

Karl Jaspers (Germany).
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Frederich Nietsche
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German philosopher who influenced the existentialists. He wrote that through willpower and courage, some humans could become supermen.
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What did the brutality of WW I cause philosophers and writers to think about?
Definition
They questioned ideas about reason and progress. They were worried about the future.
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Who were T.S. Eliot and William Butler Yeats?
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T.S. Eliot was an American poet living in England.

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet.
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What happened in art after WW I?
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Expressionism: Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky.
Cubism: Picasso and Georges Braque.
Surrealism: Salvidor Dali.
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Surrealism
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An artistic movement that focuses on the thinking of the unconscious mind.
Salvidor Dali was a surrealist.
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Why were the ideas of Einstein and Freud revolutionary?
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They challenged the ideas that people had about themselves and the world.
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Stream of consciousness
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A kind of writing that just shows the character's thoughts and feelings as they happen.

Ulysses, by James Joyce, is a stream-of-consciousness book.
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Functionalism
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Idea that the FUNCTION of an object (what it is for) should determine how it's designed and built.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Famous architect who pioneered FUNCTIONALISM.
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The Jazz Age
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The 1920s. Called this because the music symbolized the freedom and spontaneous thought of the time.
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Walter Gropius
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German architect. FUNCTIONALIST. Founder of a design school called BAUHAUS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Definition
Famous Russian composer. Used harsh combinations of sounds.
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Gibson Girl
Definition
Old-fashioned kind of girl from before WW I.
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Flapper
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After WW I, girls got more modern, wore less restrictive clothes, cut their hair short, smoked cigarettes, danced.
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How did the post-WW I world affect women?
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They got more freedom in their lives. They were able to work and became more equal to men.
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Duke Ellington
Definition
Famous Jazz musician.
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How did the automobile alter society after WW I?
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A lot more people got cars, so there were new businesses to support cars. People traveled more. People could move out to the suburbs and then drive to the city for work.
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How did technology change life after WW I?
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Cars made it easier to travel for work and pleasure. The telephone and radio made it easier to communicate. Appliances made it easier to do housework. Packaged foods made it easier to cook dinner.
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Who were contributors in these fields?:
1) philosophy
2) literature
3) art
4) architecture
5) music
Definition
1) Sartre and Jaspers
2) Kafka and Joyce
3) Picasso and Dali
4) Wright and Gaudi
5) Stravinsky and Ellington
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