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Charles Lindbergh
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Flew a plane (named Spirit of St. Louis) solo across from New York to Paris.
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Great Depression
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The severe economic slump that happened after the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1929.
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Albert Einstein
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Famous German-born physicist. Developed THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
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Theory of Relativity
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Einstein's idea about relationships between time and space, and between energy and matter. Speed of light is constant, but space and time are not.
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Sigmund Freud
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Austrian doctor who treated people with psychological problems.
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The Interpretation of Dreams
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Book by Sigmund Freud. He said that people have "drives" to do things, and that these "drives" are in the unconscious mind.
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What was good about the time right after WW I?
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Lots of advances in physics (Einstein), psychiatry (Freud), literature, communication, music, and transportation (Lindbergh).
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The Lost Generation
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American writers, painters, musicians who left the United States after WW I to live in Europe.
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Existentialism
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Belief that there is no universal meaning to life. Each person gives his own meaning to life through choices made and actions taken.
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Who were the leaders of the existentialism movement?
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Jean Paul Sartre (France).
Karl Jaspers (Germany).
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Frederich Nietsche
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German philosopher who influenced the existentialists. He wrote that through willpower and courage, some humans could become supermen.
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What did the brutality of WW I cause philosophers and writers to think about?
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They questioned ideas about reason and progress. They were worried about the future.
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Who were T.S. Eliot and William Butler Yeats?
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T.S. Eliot was an American poet living in England.
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet.
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What happened in art after WW I?
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Expressionism: Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky.
Cubism: Picasso and Georges Braque.
Surrealism: Salvidor Dali.
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Surrealism
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An artistic movement that focuses on the thinking of the unconscious mind.
Salvidor Dali was a surrealist.
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