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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
 Today’s Agenda:
 *HW Packet #3: Week of 2/25 – 3/1
 1. No Bellringer
 2. Build Background: The Moderns
 3. Notes: Build Background – Political and Social Milestones
 4. Tree Map: Elements of Modernism
 HW: 1) Tree Map: Elements of Modernism
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Bellringer: Week of 2/25 – 3/1
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Bellringer: Week of 2/25 – 3/1
 Monday (2/25):
 1. modernism (n.) – a term for the bold new experimental styles and forms that swept
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the arts during the first and third of the twentieth century.
2. American Dream (n.) – A uniquely American vision of the country consisting of three
central ideas (America as a new Eden—land of beauty, bounty, and unlimited promises)
3. Marxism (n.) – the political and economic philosophy developed by Karl Marx and his
followers in the mid-nineteenth century.
4. psychoanalysis (n.) – A method examining the unconscious mind, developed primarily
by the Austrian physician Sigmund Freud (1865-1939)
5. stream of consciousness (n.) – A style of writing that portrays the inner (and often
chaotic) workings of a character’s mind.
6. symbolism (n.) – A literary movement that originated in late-nineteenth-century
France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more
truthful version of reality.
7. imagism (n.) – A twentieth-century movement in European and American poetry that
advocated the creation of hard, clear images, concisely expressed in everyday speech.
8. Harlem Renaissance (n.) – A cultural movement of the early 1920s led by African
American artists, writers, musicians, and performers, located in Harlem.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
modernism (n.) – a term for the bold new experimental
styles and forms that swept the arts during the first and third of
the twentieth century.
 1.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 2. American Dream
(n.) – A uniquely American vision of the
country consisting of three central ideas (America as a new
Eden—land of beauty, bounty, and unlimited promises)
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 3. Marxism
(n.) – the political and economic philosophy
developed by Karl Marx and his followers in the mid-nineteenth
century.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 4. psychoanalysis
(n.) – A method examining the unconscious
mind, developed primarily by the Austrian physician Sigmund
Freud (1865-1939)
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 5. stream
of consciousness (n.) – A style of writing that
portrays the inner (and often chaotic) workings of a character’s
mind.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 6. symbolism (n.) – A literary movement that originated in
late-nineteenth-century France, in which writers rearranged the
world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version
of reality.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 7. imagism (v.) –
A twentieth-century movement in European
and American poetry that advocated the creation of hard, clear
images, concisely expressed in everyday speech.
Vocabulary Words: “The Moderns”
 8. Harlem Renaissance
(v.) – A cultural movement of the
early 1920s led by African American artists, writers, musicians,
and performers, located in Harlem.
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Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Build Background: The Moderns
 1914- The Panama Canal
 The Panama Canal is one of
the most strategically
important artificial waterways
in the world.
 The 50 mile long canal, which
connects the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans at the narrowest
part of the Central American
isthmus, shortens the voyage
between the east and west
coasts of the United States by
about 80,000 nautical miles.
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Build Background: The Moderns
 1914-The Panama Canal
 Construction of the canal was
begun in 1881 by a French
company but was halted in 1889.
 The United States became
interested in the canal project at
the turn of the century, at a time
when Panama was a dependency
of Colombia.
 When the Colombian Senate
delayed ratifying a canal treaty,
the United States lent its support
to the Panamanian separatist
movement.
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Build Background: The Moderns
 1914- The Panama Canal
 Following an insurrection in
November 1903, Panama declared
its independence from Colombia.
 Shortly after, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla
Treaty was concluded, granting the
U.S. control over the Panama Canal
Zone.
 Construction resumed under U.S.
supervision in 1904, and the canal
was opened to traffic on August 15,
1914.
 After years of conflict and
negotiation with the United States,
Panama assumed complete control
over the canal in 2000.
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Build Background: The Moderns
 1920- Prohibition
 Even fervent supporters
gradually became disenchanted
with Prohibition.
 The 18th Amendment resulted
in a rise in criminal alcohol
production and sale and
restrictions on individual
freedoms.
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 1920- Prohibition
 A new kind of criminal came
into being—the bootlegger.
 The infamous gangster Al
Capone bootlegged on a
massive scale: At his peak, his
earnings approached 60 million
dollars annually.
 The rise of bootlegging gangs
led to an increase in gang wars
and murders, which further
undermined support for
Prohibition.
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Build Background: The Moderns
 1927- Charles Lindbergh
 Lindbergh’s flight from New York to
Paris on May 20-21, 1927, took
33.5 hours and made him an
international hero overnight.
 In 1932, Lindbergh’s two year old
son was kidnapped for ransom and
subsequently found dead.
 The kidnapping became the most
notorious crime of the 1930s,
remaining a newspaper staple until
1936, when German immigrant
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was
executed for the murder.
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Build Background: The Moderns
 1933- Eleanor Roosevelt
 In 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt
contracted polio.
 He recovered but was never
again able to walk more than a
step or two, leaning heavily on
crutches.
 During Roosevelt’s four terms as
president of the United States
(1933-1945), Eleanor Roosevelt
took on responsibilities
unprecedented for a president’s
wife.
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 1933- Eleanor Roosevelt
 She traveled widely, giving
speeches and lectures and
holding press conferences, and
she often represented her
husband on occasions when he
was unable to appear.
 She also spoke out for the rights
of minorities and the poor.
 In 1941, she briefly held public
office, serving as co-director of
the Office of Civilian Defense.
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 1933- Eleanor Roosevelt
 After FDR’s death in 1945,
Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed
to the U.S. delegation to the
United Nations by President
Truman.
 She served until 1952 and was
reappointed by President
Kennedy in 1961.
 As chairwoman of the
Commission on Human Rights,
she played an important role in
drafting the UN Declaration on
Human Rights.
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 1914- 1918- The Great War
 World War I was fought between
the Central Powers (Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and
Turkey) and the Allies (France,
Great Britain, Russia, Italy after
it switched sides, Japan, and the
United States).
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Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 1914- 1918- The Great War
 The Central Powers waged a
land war on two main fronts:
against France and Great Britain
in the west and Russia in the
east.
 The western front in France was
the largest and bloodies theater,
but the eastern front also
claimed enormous casualties,
mainly among the Russians.
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 1914- 1918- The Great War
 Russia’s terrible losses and lack
of success I the war led to
widespread discontent and
ultimately to the Bolshevik
Revolution in 1917;
 The Russians withdrew from the
war shortly after.
 That loss to the Allies, however
was offset by the United States’
entry into the war the same year.
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Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 Women’s Suffrage
 Two of the most influential
reformers in the women’s
suffrage movement was Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony, who together formed
the National Woman Suffrage
Association in 1869.
 Between 1890 and 1918,
American women won the right
to vote in many state and local
elections.
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Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 Women’s Suffrage
 The major role played by American
women in World War I helped
weaken opposition to their
enfranchisement.
 American women were not the first
to get the vote: New Zealand
(1893, Australia (1902), Finland
(1906), Norway (1913), Soviet
Russia (1917), Canada (1918), and
Germany, Austria, Poland, and
Czechoslovakia (1919) all granted
suffrage to their female citizens
before the United States did.
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Build Background: Political and Social Milestones 1914-1939
 1929 The Great Depression
 The Depression began in the United
States but quickly spread around the
world.
 The American and European
economies were closely connected
after World War I.
 The European economies had been
greatly weakened by the war itself,
by war debts, and (in the case of the
defeated nations) by war
reparations, and the United States
became the major creditor and
financier of those countries
Read Ch. 5 The Moderns
 Turn to Page 564, read “Popular Entertainment”
 Read Elements of Modernism p. 565
 Read Freud and the Unconscious Mind p. 566
 Read “The New American Hero” p. 567
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Tree Map: Elements of Modernism
Modernism
Emphasis
Bold experimentation in
style and form
Rejection
Traditional themes, subjects, &
forms
Sentimentality and artificiality
Disillusionment and loss of faith
in the American dream
The ideal hero as infallible
Spiritual debasement of the
modern world
Interest
Inner workings of human
mind
Stream of
consciousness
flawed and disillusioned hero
but shows “grace under
pressure”