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Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmond Freud
Interpretation of Dreams is a classic text to help readers better understand psychology. Psychology is a fairly new science, that progressed in the 1900's. It changed the way people thought about how human beings behave. The magnificent Sigmond Freud, published over 320 books, articles, and essays. This is an excelent example of how modernism effected the world of science because Freud's theories led writers and artists to explore the subconscious mind. -
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth was Wharton's fourth novel published and her first important work of fiction. Her novel depicts social cruelty and portrays the obsticles that impeded the choices that women had to make in order for her to find a husband. (it wasn't approcpriate for a woman to be scandalous, which helps to support the moral reletivity belief of modernism) -
Henry Ford and thE Assembly Line
Henry Ford Assembly LineHenry Ford was the founder of Ford motor company. Cars were being sold consistently, and needed to be produced faster. Ford introduced a series of methods and ideas that revolutionized production, wages, working conditions, and daily life: mass production. -
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The Lost Generation
The Lost Generation refers to the American novelist post WWI. The name was given to this group of writers from Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer. They were called The Lost Generation because they were against the former traditional belifs of the Victorian era (1837-1901), and began to explore new truths in life. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th AmendmentThe passing of the Nineteenth amendment was the American woman's key to FREEDOM. This document, is the written proof that women are equal to men in all aspects and deserve the same legal and moral rights. It supports the modernist belief that we should be able to break certain rules and not follow the traditional ways of life. -
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis is a post WWI novelis. He is famous for writng his novel, Main Street, which illustrates a portait of small minded people in an American town. This is a great representation of what the Roaring Twenties were all about: change. -
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise reflects the reality and morality of post WWI youth and explores their version of the American Dream: wealth, success, and emotional fulfillment. -
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence is a novel that represents the challenges of marriage in a new light. The story takes place during the Golden Age in New York, in a society constrained by it's own rules and morals. This novel represents the Modernist way of thinking because the characters turn away from conformity. -
1920's Inventions
New products were made for the household to make things more convenient. Such as the vacuum cleaner, the television, or the dish washer. This examplifies the encouragement that modernists put on creativity. -
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Roaring Twenties
The Roaring TwentiesThe Roaring Twenties was a time of dramatic political and social change. People call it the Roaring Twenties because of all the excitement in this age. The troops brought back from war, the victory against the Germans, and the overwhelming amount of wealth made this occation even more spontaneous. This also provided inspiration for artist, writters and musicians. -
Prohibition
ProhibitionThe government's attempt to decrease some of the problems we had in our society backfired when the prohibition act went into effect, making the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcohol illegal. This just drove people to break the law in secret using bootleggers and speakeasies. Whenever someone could get their hands on alcohol, they would drink irresponcibly, supporting the moral reletivity beliefs that modernist had. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball player for the Yankees. He made 104 homeruns, making him a baseball celebrity and a heroe. During the modern era of baseball, they began to take sports more seriously, and made a careers from playing sports, supporting the modernist belief of change . This time was known as the Golden Age of Sports. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States. He proposed the "Return to Normality" which helped him win back the Republican vote. He is an example of a modernist because he influenced and modified how the American people thought about the progressive movement encouraged by former president Woodrow Wilson. -
The Charleston
The CharlestonThe Charleston was a hip new dance that was developed during the Roaring Twenties. The dance was named after the city Charleston, South Carolina. -
The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein is one of few ambitiousl female writers in the 1920's. Her works were not greatly appreciated because of their unconventionality. -
Movies
The movie industry rose to new heights in the 1920's. Americans would flock to the movies for entertainment. Movies were increasing in popularity at the time ever since sound was added to the moving pictures. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindberg FlightAn American aviator in the 1920's. He felw his plane, "Spirit of St. Louise" over the Atlantic ocean. Planes were a fairly new invention, which amazed and inspired the entire United States. -
The Jazz Singer
Singing in the RainJazz was a revolutionary genre of music that reached it's popularity peak in the 1920's and 30's. Its new and unorthodox sound and rhythem made it popular amungst all races. -
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Farewell to Arms tells the story of doomed love between a cynical American ambulance driver and a nurse during WWI. It represents the disillusions of the postwar generation. Supporting moral reletivity. -
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury is considered Faulkner's greatest novels, helping him to win the Nobel Piece Prize for Literature. It uses different narrators to tell the story of the complex inner workings of the mind of the members of a southern family. This novel uses crisp ideas on how to tell its story. -
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The Great Depression/ Black Tuesday
The Great DepressionThe Great Depression was an economic slump caused by stock speculation, effecting North America and Europe.It was a time of great dispair and poverty with millions of Americans out of work. -
Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen
Frederick Allen was a journalist. In his book, Only Yesterday, he tried to make sense of the heroes, fads, and problems of the 1920's, and decribed the New Woman (aka: Flappers).
