Post War
Uncertainty
By: Porsha Johnson &
Julissa M&M
What Happened During The
Post War
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In the Post War, people began questioning
traditional beliefs
Some found answers in scientific
development, which changed the way they
looked at the world
Many people used the technological
improvements in transport an communication
Women demanded more rights and young
people adopted new values
Scientific Advances
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German physicist Albert Einstein and Austrian
physician, Sigmond Freud, mad major
contributions to scientific development
In 1905, Einstein theorized that while the
speed of light is constant, such as space and
time, are not. Space and time can change
when measured relative to an object moving
near the speed of light- about 186,000 miles
per second (This was called the theory of
relativity).
Sigmund Freud believe that much of human
behavior is irrational. He also called the
Literature In the 1920’s
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The brutality of WWI caused philosophers and
writers to question the acceptance of ideas
about “reasons” and “progress”.
Many people feared and expressed doubts
about traditional religious beliefs, due to the
impression of the war
Some writers and thinkers expressed their
anxieties by creating disturbing vision of the
present and the future
T.S. Eliot (an American poet that lived in
England) described the postwar world as a
barren “wasteland”, drained of hope & faith
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Literature In the 1920s
(cont.)
William Butler Yeats (an Irish poet) conveyed a
sense of dark times ahead
Horror of war made a deep impression on many
writers
Many novels showed the influence of Frued’s
theories on the unconscious
Some thinkers turned to the philosophy known as
existentialism
Existentialists influenced by German philosopher,
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche wrote that Western ideas such as
reason, democracy, and progress had stifled
people’s creativity and actions.
Revolution In the Arts
Artists wanted to depict the inner world
of emotion and imagination
 Expressionist painters like Paul Klee
used bold colors and exaggerated
shapes
 Surrealism is an art movement that
sought to link the world of dreams with
real life
 A new style of music called jazz was
created in the Untied States mainly by
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Advancements In
Transportation and
Entertainment
Drugs and medical treatments were
developed by new scientists, that
helped billions of people in the postwar
years
 War’s technological advances were
used to improve transportation and
communication after the war
 Automobile benefited from a host of
wartime innovations and improvementselectric starters, air-filled tires and more
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Advancements In
Transportation and
Entertainment (cont.)
International air travel became an
objective after the war
 Guglielmo Marconi conducted his first
successful experiments with the radio in
1865
 Global prosperity came to depend on
the economic well-being of all major
nation, especially the Untied States
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The End
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