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When did WW1 start?
When did the US get involved? |
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Definition
World war one started in 1914,
The U.S. got involved in 1918 |
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| What were the feelings associated with early 1920 sentiment? |
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Definition
| societal breakdown, powerlessness, fear, disorientation |
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When did prohibition kick in?
When was it overturned? |
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Definition
| Prohibition started in 1919, it ended when it was repealed 14 years later in 1933 |
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Term
| What was a struggle for the traditionalists of the literary renaissance? |
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Definition
| They struggled to maintain the values and traditions of the former age |
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| What were some examples of urbanization? |
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Definition
Telephones and electricty entered more homes,
The Phonograph and record player became more widely used
Motion pictures (sound came in 1929) |
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Term
| What were common beliefs of modernism? |
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Definition
| The sense that old traditions and artistic structures had been destroyed or were falsehoods that needed to be renovated. |
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| What particular examples would Modernists disagree with? |
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Definition
| Abstractions, generalizations, and high-flown writing would conceal and not convey reality |
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