1 World War I was fought between the years of 1914 and 1918.

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• 1) World War I was fought between the years of
  1914 and 1918.
• 2) What specific event led to the outbreak of the
  war?
• The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
  of Austria-Hungry
• 3) In what year did the U.S. join the conflict?
• 1917

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• 4) What was the name of the treaty that ended the
  fighting?
• Treaty of Versailles
• 5) In what year were women given the right to
  vote? Which amendment granted this right?
• The Nineteenth Amendment

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• 6) Approximately how many U.S. workers were
  unemployed during the Great Depression?
• 1/4 to 1/3
• 7) Modernism?
• A term for the bold new experimental styles and
  forms that swept the arts during the first third
  of the twentieth century

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• 8) The American Dream?
• America as a New Eden (the notion that America is
  a promised land of beauty, unlimited resources
  and endless opportunities)
• A Belief in Progress ( the belief that life will
  keep getting better and that we are moving toward
  an era of greater prosperity, justice, and joy
• Triumph of the Individual ( the belief that the
  independent, self-reliant person will always
  emerge victorious )

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• 9) What two events shattered the notion of
  America as an Edenic Land?
• - World War I
• - The Crash of 29
• 10) Marxism?
• The political and economic philosophy developed
  by Karl Marx and his followers in the
  mid-nineteenth century. In contrast to
  capitalists, Marxists believe greater economic
  unity can be achieved through a classless society.

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• 11) Psychoanalysis?
• A method of examining the unconcious mind,
  developed primarily by Sigmund Freud.
• 12) Sigmund Freud?
• An Australian physician and the founder of
  psychoanalysis.

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• 13) Stream of Consciousness?
• A style of writing that portrays the inner (and
  often chaotic) workings of a characters mind.
• 14) In 1919, the Constitution was amendedwhy?
• To prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

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• 15) What writer was the most influential of all
  post-World War I authors?
• Ernest Hemingway
• 16) Characteristics of Hemingway code hero?
• A man of action, a warrior, a tough competitor.
  He has a code of honor, courage and endurance.

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• 17) Symbolism?
• 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.
• 18) Imagism?
• A twentieth-century movement in European and
  American poetry that advocated the creation of
  hard, clear images, concisely expressed in
  everyday speech.

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• 19) Harlem Renaissance?
• A cultural movement of the early 1920s led by
  African American artists, writers, musicians, and
  performers, located in Harlem.
• 20) Basic human questions the Modernists were
  still asking?
• - Who are we?
• -Where are we going?
• -What values should guide us on the search for
  our human identity?