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American Modernism started at the beginning of the 20th century.
c. 1900- c.1940

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What was important to the American people during this time

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What was important to the American people during this time

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New questions came up that started to question their way of living before.

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Identify and explain the characteristics of Modernism?

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Identify and explain the characteristics of Modernism?

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They rejected traditions including religious, social, and political.

Everything was relative and no such things were absolute truths.

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WWI started due to the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and lasted from 1914-1918. Countries like Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire fought against the Allied Powers that included Great Britain and the US.

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The Roaring Twenties was a period in time where new styles of dancing and fashion were created. Clothing of the previous eras were drastically different as women before the twenties covered their entire body and didn't show any or much skin. But in the twenties women called flappers wore short skirts, lingerie, high heels, makeup and did more unladylike things.

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Economic and financial instability throughout the US. The stock markets also crashed and millions of people lost their jobs and homes. Many had to beg for money and there were long lines of people waiting for food being given out.

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Access Google Sites with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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An American writer who wrote novels in the Jazz age. One of his famous book "The Great Gatsby" reflects on the prospering upper class and the importance of perspective.

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An American journalist who had a huge influence on the 20th century and made the iceberg theory. His work was that it reflects a sense that life is not going to live up to its expectations.

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An American author who wrote novels that were different from traditional writing and was new, connecting to modernism. He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature for realistic and imaginative.

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Steam of consciousness is a method that attempts to depict a persons thoughts and conscious reactions. It is apart of modernism, due to it showing the audience that thinking process of each character. An example of Stream of consciousness is James Joyce's Ulysses which shows how the thinking process of Leopold, Stephen and Molly Bloom.

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“American Modernism.” Ms. Edwards' Art Class, edwardsartclass.weebly.com/american-modernism.html.

History.com Editors. “The Roaring Twenties History.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 Apr. 2010, www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history.

Lorcher, Trent. “Modernism in Literature: What Are Characteristics of Modernism in Writing?” Bright Hub Education, 4 Oct. 2019, www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/29453-modernism-in-literature/.