{"id":4308,"date":"2025-04-02T07:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:05:59","slug":"the-dawes-plan-in-the-context-of-the-1920s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2025\/04\/02\/the-dawes-plan-in-the-context-of-the-1920s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dawes Plan in the Context of the 1920s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

               Chapters four through six of The Modern Temper <\/em>by Lynn Dumenil covers various cultural concepts such as religion and religious hate, the lost generation, extremist views, racism, and the transformation of race movements during the 1920s. The 1920s focuses on global movements, but many of said movements are most prevalent in the United States, and the author focuses more on the U.S. in general in comparison to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n

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               My topic, the Dawes Plan, relates to some of the topics covered throughout chapters four through six of the book. In particular, the Lost Generation resonates with the topic in some way due to the Dawes Plan revolving around fixing the economy of Germany after World War I, which was hit the hardest out of all of the remaining countries after World War I. Another way in which the Dawes Plan relates to the book is its connection with internationalism and its effect on the world due to the Unites States\u2019s involvement in foreign affairs, which became prevalent after World War I. Lastly, religion has some importance with the Dawes Plan due to the state of the Weimar Republic and the future of Germany concerning religion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cNobel Peace Prize 1925.\u201d NobelPrize.org. Accessed April 2, 2025. https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/1925\/dawes\/speedread\/.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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               Fitting the Dawes Plan into the context of the 1920s helps to give a better understanding of the topic by looking at it from a cultural perspective, not just a political one. By looking into the context of the 1920s, you can figure out how Americans and Germans at the time would have reacted to the Dawes Plan as well as similarities that they may have had. One example of this could be the rising antisemitism at the time and looking at things like the International Jew <\/em>to see how populations reacted to these ideas.[3]<\/a> Another perspective that can give a better understanding of the topic from the 20s is the lost generation, who began to subscribe to ideas of individualism and freedom in response to their life experiences at such a young age.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Dumenil, Lynn. The modern temper: American culture and society in the 1920s<\/em>. United States: Hill and Wang, 2024. P. 211<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> Dumenil, Lynn. The modern temper: American culture and society in the 1920s<\/em>. United States: Hill and Wang, 2024.  P. 211<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Dumenil, Lynn. The modern temper: American culture and society in the 1920s<\/em>. United States: Hill and Wang, 2024.  P. 220<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Dumenil, Lynn. The modern temper: American culture and society in the 1920s<\/em>. United States: Hill and Wang, 2024.  P. 162<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dumenil, Lynn. The modern temper: American culture and society in the 1920s<\/em>. United States: Hill and Wang, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobel Peace Prize 1925.\u201d NobelPrize.org. Accessed April 2, 2025. https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/1925\/dawes\/speedread\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikimedia Commons. Accessed April 2, 2025. https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Map_of_the_Weimar_Republic_c._1919.png.
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