North American Literature II Class Questions Historical Context: 1900 1945

GRAY, Richard. A History of American Literature Making It New: The Emergence of Modern American Literature, 19001945 Pg. 308 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) When did the United States become the leading industrial country in the world? 309 Which theories radically changed the American systems of thought? 310 How did the automobile change the American culture? 310, 311 Define Modernism. 312 What are the women's achievements in this period? 312 Is American culture a collision of cultures or a monolith? 313 Why were some Modernist writers nostalgic for apparently simpler and better times of the past? pg.315, 316 8) How did the Wall Street Crash of 1929 affect the confidence of Americans in their economy, and how was their gradual recovery? 317, 318