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Postwar Uncertainty (Literature in the 1920's (Answer: World War 1…

- - - - Answer: Many people wrote novels that were related to war, including," The Trial; The Castle, written by Franz Kafka
      - What was the best way for people to express their feelings towards the war?
  - - - Existentialist
- - - - Electric starters, air filled tires, and more powerful engines.
      - Cars were now sleek and brightly polished, complete with headlights and chrome-plated bumpers.
        
        Before the war, only higher class citizens could afford a car in Britain.
        
        Thousands of vehicles were produced during the war. So, when the war was over the price of cars dropped and middle class citizens could now afford them.
        
        Increased car use changed the lifestyles of humans.
        
        More people traveled for pleasure.
        
        New businesses opened to serve the mobile tourist.
        
        The car also affected where people lived in relation to work.
        
        People moved to the suburbs and commuted to work in the cities.
    - - I think that cars had the greatest effect. People were able to travel and work outside of their town that they lived in.
  - - - In 1919, two British pilots made the first successful flight across the Atlantic.
        
        The went from Newfoundland to Ireland.
        
        In 1927, an American pilot named Charles Lindbergh caught world attention with a 33-hour solo flight.
        
        He flew from New York to Paris.
        
        Most major passenger airlines were established during the 1920s.
        
        At first only the rich could afford to fly.
        
        People enjoyed the exploits of the aviation pioneers.
        
        One famous pioneer was Amelia Earhart. She wan an American who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
        
        Timeline of Commercial Aviation
      - Cooperation
  - - - The real push for radio development came during World War 1.
    - - Radio mania swept the United States. Every major city had stations broadcasting news, plays, and even sports.
        
        Soon most families owned a radio.
      - KDKA was the first radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
        
        KDKA
    - - In Europe, film was an art form.
        
        In the Hollywood district of Los Angeles movies were entertainment.
        
        90% of all films were made in Hollywood.
      - A lot of countries from Cuba to Japan produced movies.
    - - He was best known for his portrayal of the lonely little tramp bewildered by life.
        
        In the late 1920s the addition of sound gave new life to the movie industry.
      - He was known as a comic genius.
      - Charlie Chaplin
    - - Global prosperity came to depend on the economic well-being of all major nations. Especially the United States.
    - - During WW1 countries needed to communicate long distances quickly, so developing the radio further to communicate was essential.
- - - - This applied a lot to younger people
  - - - They abandoned their old clothing and hairstyles
      - They started to wear shorter and looser clothing and wore their hair "bobbed"
        
        Hair Styles
      - Started to wear make up
      - Started driving cars
      - Smoked and drank in public
      - Started to work
        
        Increased the amount of women in medicine, education, journalism, etc.
      - Change
    - - This was helping them gain the right to vote
        
        Consequence
      - After the war women's suffrage became a law in 5+ countries
        
        Women's Suffrage
        
        Balance
    - - Birth Control
      - Leadership
- - - - Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The Rite of Spring used different rhythms and harsh combinations of sound.
      - The Russian Composer Arnold Schoenberg rejected traditional harmonies and musical scales.
        
        Jazz had arrived in the United States.
        
        It was developed by African Americans in New Orlean, Memphis and Chicago.
        
        It swept the United States and Europe.
        
        The lively, loose beat of jazz seemed to capture the new freedom of the age.
        
        Jazz Music
    - - They rebelled against the earlier music and the traditional music. Read below for more answers!
  - - - Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky were both very good artists who used bold colors that distorted or exaggerated forms.
      - 1907- Cubism art was founded by Georges Braque of France and Pablo Picasso of Spain.
        
        Cubism transformed natural shaped into geometric forms.
        
        This art form often depicted several different view points.
        
        Surrealism was inspired by Freud's ideas
        
        Many of their paintings have an eerie, dreamlike quality and depict objects in unrealistic ways.
        
        How was surrealism connected with Freud’s ideas?
        
        Freud really used the idea of surrealism by painting pictures that weren't normal. He would paint all of his people really ugly.
        
        Freud
        
        Surrealism