Modernism

=Modernism Definition:= "Modernism – the 'shock of the new' – made an impact early in the century. It can be defined as a cultural trend that tried to make a sharp break with the past and find new forms of expression."http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide20/part09a.html 1900’s 1910’s 1920’s
 * ==Historical Events==
 * First World Series was held in Boston
 * Model T sold for $850
 * World War I (1914-1918)
 * Panama Canal completed
 * Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
 * The sinking of the Titanic
 * Prohibition
 * Stock Market
 * “Charleston”

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1930’s 1940’s 1950’s
 * Migration to cities
 * Harlem Renaissance
 * Realism/Surrealism/Modernism
 * Wall Street Crash
 * Great Depression
 * The 19th Amendment was ratified
 * New Deal
 * Prohibition ends
 * Empire state building
 * Hindenburg crashes
 * Star Spangled banner
 * Roosevelt elected
 * Swing music
 * World War ll- (starts September 1, 1939)
 * World War II- (ends May 7th and 8th 1945)
 * Cold War began
 * FDR dies
 * Cold War
 * Elvis Presley

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 * “I Love Lucy ”
 * baby boom
 * ==New and/or Existing Laws==
 * 1919: Prohibition of alcohol
 * 1920: Woman's suffrage
 * 1933: Repeals "prohibition of alcohol"


 * ==Technological Advances/Inventions==
 * 1903: Wright brothers invent the airplane
 * 1920: Radio transmission
 * 1928: Penicillin
 * 1940: Color television, computer


 * ==Political and Social Issues==
 * blacks and women fighting for voting rights (political)
 * women getting jobs instead of staying home with the children (social)
 * The draft- selective service system (political)
 * the alcohol prohibition (political)


 * ==Presidents==
 * William McKinley : 1897-1901
 * Theodore Roosevelt : 1901-1909
 * William H. Taft : 1909-1913
 * Woodrow Wilson : 1913-1921
 * Warren G. Harding : 1921-1923
 * Calvin Coolidge : 1923-1929
 * Herbert C. Hoover : 1929-1933
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt : 1933-1945
 * Harry S. Truman : 1945-1953
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961


 * ==Economic Status==
 * Stock Market Crashed- Black Thursday - October 24th, 1929.
 * Great Depression in 1929
 * Economic boom after World War II


 * ==Popular Interests==
 * Sports
 * "Charleston" Dance
 * Drinking alcohol
 * Swing Music
 * Rock & Roll Music
 * ==International Relations==
 * W.W.I- allied with France, the British Empire and Russia
 * W.W.II- allied with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union


 * ==Literature and Major Writers==

**Frost - [[file:Mending Wall.doc]]**

 * Structured
 * Syntactical difference
 * Simple plot
 * Different spin
 * Break down norm


 * What it represents**
 * World War I: wants to keep boundaries
 * Depression
 * Gives hope in a depressing time

**Hughes - [[file:Dreams Hughes.doc]]**

 * ==Objectivism - a style of poetry that talks more about objects and things rather than feelings and emotions.==
 * uses objects to describe philosophies
 * ambiguous
 * visual imagery
 * ==Imagism- a style of poetry that uses free verse, common speech, and clear concrete images.==
 * inspired by emotion
 * emotion is equated to an image