Postwar Uncertainty
A New Revolution in Science
Literature in the 1920's
Revolution In The Arts (not done)
Technological Advances Improve Life
Scientists developed new technology during World War One
Society Challenges Convention (not done)
Technological advances like the automobile
Drugs and Medical Treatments
Air filled tires
More powerful powerful engines
They had electric starters
Einstein and Freud had a huge impact on the 20th century. These two were part of a scientific revolution as important as the one Copernicus and Galileo.
Cars were now sleek
Impact of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
After war car prices dropped
More people could buy wars after the war
World War I disrupted traditional social patterns
World War I cause philosophers and writers to question.
New business' were created for autos
People moved to suburbs
New ideas were formed
Airplanes became useful
Many people also feared the future and expressed the doubts.
New ways of life
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1919 two British pilots made the first flight across the Atlantic
1927 American pilot Charles Lindbergh traveled 33 hour flight
1922 T.S Eliot, an American poet living in England, wrote that society had lost it spiritual values
Einstein offered starting ideas on space, time, energy, and matter.
At first only the rich could travel
Radio and Movies
1920 first radio station started broadcasting
Broadcasting news, plays, and live sporting events
Most families owned radios
1921 the Irish poet William Butler Yeats conveyed a sense of dark times ahead in the poem "The Second Coming"
Scientists found that light travels at the same speed no matter what.
Women's Roles Change
Motion pictures became huge
Space and time can change when measured relative to an object moving near the speed of light.
The war allowed women to take on new roles
Charlie Chaplin was a comic genius
Los Angeles was where 90 percent of films were made
1920 sound was added to movies
relative motion was the key to Einsteins idea. It's called the
theory of relativity.
Theory of relativity replaces Newtons laws of motion and gravity.
Influence of Freudian Psychology
Feuds ideas were as revolutionary as Einsteins. He helped people with phycological problems.
From the experiences, he made a theory about the human mind.
Freud has many different ideas
He thought that most of human behavior was irrational or beyond reasoning.
He called this part of the mind the 'unconscious.'
By the 1920's Feuds theories had developed widespread influence.
Writers Reflect Society's Concerns
The horror of war made deep impression on writers
Franz Kafka wrote eerie novels such as The Trial in 1925 and The Castle in 1926
Novels showed influence of Freud's theories on the unconscious. The Irish born author James Joyce gamed widespread attention with his novel Ulysses) in 1922
Why did they make deep impressions?
Answer: Because many readers were amoung in the uneasy postwar years.
Why did it show influence?
Answer: It showed influence for his readers to start reading his novels.
Diffusion
Why did they express their doubts?
Thinkers React to Uncertainties
In their search for meaning in an uncertain world, some thinkers turned to the philosophy known as existentialism.
Each person creates his or her own meaning in life.
How do they create their own meaning in life?
Answer: They all made their own choices and actions taken.
Q: Which technological advance do you think had the greatest effect on society?
A: I think that radio was the best because people around the country could all hear the same thing.
Values and beliefs.
Q: How might World War I have spurred developments in the radio?
A: Pilots used radio and although it was not as useful during the war, it sparked interest.
Change
Change- This changed the game of science with he Theory of relativity.
Value
Q: Why were Einstein’s ideas upsetting to many people?
A: People were uncertain if his ideas were real
Q: In what way were Freud’s ideas as revolutionary as Einstein’s?
A: he constructed a theory about the human mind and it spread across the world.
Continuity
Answer: They expressed their doubts because the information they were given.