Unit 16 Lesson 6: The Lost Generation Flashcards
Prohibition
Prohibition, the movement to end the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States, contributed to a dramatic shift in American culture.
The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment, passed in 1919, banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
What resulted in deep political tensions in the nation?
The Eighteenth Amendment resulted in deep political tensions in the nation between those who supported Prohibition and those who did not.
How did the 18th amedement result in divisions in the 2 main poltical parties; democrats
The Democratic Party was divided by urban Northerners who disliked Prohibition and rural Southerners who supported it.
How did the 18th amedenamt affect the republican party
The majority of those in the Republican Party favored Prohibition. This unity allowed the party to make political gains in the 1920s.
How did the kkk feel about prohibition
Additionally, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan was strongly tied to Prohibition. Many Klan members vehemently defended the movement.
The Prohibition law proved difficult to enforce. Why is that, what did other countreis have to do with this, and whats moonshine
Illegal alcohol poured in from Canada and the Caribbean, and some Americans resorted to home-brewed beverages nicknamed “moonshine.”
Progressive reformers’ goal was to bring about an age of sobriety, but instead, what did prohibtion really do
Prohibition gave rise to a new subculture that included illegal importers, interstate smuggling known as bootlegging, and secret saloons referred to as “speakeasies.” There was a spike in organized crime to transport and sell illegal liquor. Many people disregarded the law altogether.
Gertrude Stein
- She is credited with originating the term “Lost Generation.”
- Her Modernist style of writing included the use of humor, repetition, and non-linear storytelling techniques.
- Her bestseller was The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (her partner).
- She helped launch the careers of other artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
- She moved to Paris in 1903 and remained there for the rest of her life until she died in 1946
Gertrude Stein was an expatriate credited with originating the term “Lost Generation” to describe disillusioned authors of her time. She became friends with artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Her writing style is described as dense and descriptive. She was one of the first to attempt non-linear storylines.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- His most well-known work is The Great Gatsby.
- He joined the U.S. Army, but never went overseas during WWI.
- He lived in France in the 1920s, but also spent a lot of time in Delaware and Baltimore.
- His writing style was very poetic and focused on themes of class inequities, love, despair, and the “American dream.”
Francis Scott Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917, but never saw battle. Still, he was disillusioned by World War I. Fitzgerald was critical of the decadence of the Roaring Twenties in his bestselling work The Great Gatsby. However, he was known to enjoy the fame and fortune that he criticized.
Sinclair Lewis
- He was heavily influenced by earlier generations’ ideals of Progressivism.
- His writing was satirical and typically focused on the middle class.
- He turned down the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
- His work, Babbitt, takes a close look at American conformity.
- He accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, the first given to an American writer.
Sinclair Lewis, though considered a Lost Generation writer, was more influenced by ideals of Progressivism rather than postwar disillusionment. He wrote mainly about the American middle class and its so-called mindless conformity. Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 for his book Babbitt, the first American so honored.
Ernest Hemingway
- He was an ambulance driver for the Italian Army during WWI.
- He is famous for writing about tension-filled characters that faced war and experienced a disillusioned postwar life.
- He focused on the emotional cost of war and did not shy away from discussing the brutality.
- His work, The Sun Also Rises, follows expatriates in Spain and Paris as they search for meaning in their postwar lives.
- He was close friends with Gertrude Stein.
- He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
Ernest Hemingway is considered a true voice for the Lost Generation. His ties to the war significantly impacted his writing style. He is famous for capturing characters who struggled with postwar disillusionment, especially in The Sun Also Rises. His mentor, Gertrude Stein, greatly influenced his work and life outlook.
Waht is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. about
The novel depicts a society in which selfishness and deceit lurk underneath an extravagant surface. In their pursuit of the “American dream,” the characters reveal the emptiness of wealth and materialism.
Waht imapct did the The Great Gatsby have
The story is thought to be a commentary on 1920s decadence
decadence
0s decadence, or an excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury and its resulting moral or cultural decline.
