Modernism

By BoLarsen
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    Here Dead Lie We- Houseman

    No exact time but the life og Houseman
  • The Education Bill introduces state secondary school

    The Education Bill introduces state secondary school

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    WWI

    8 million lives claimed, women could vote from 1918 and forward
  • The Road Not Taken - Frost

    The Road Not Taken - Frost

  • Ireland independence

    Ireland independence

  • First Labour government was elected

    First Labour government was elected

  • General strike in Britain, The British Commonwealth of Nations is founded

    General strike in Britain, The British Commonwealth of Nations is founded

    9 days long, an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners called by General Council of the Trades Union Congress
  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash

    The Wall Street Crash also known as Black Tuesday, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States.
  • Do Not Stand By My Grave And Weep- Frye

    Do Not Stand By My Grave And Weep- Frye

  • Funeral Blues-Auden

    Funeral Blues-Auden

    And Refugee Blues(1939)
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    WWII

    Infrastructure destroyed by German bombings
  • Atomic bombs dropped over Japan

    Atomic bombs dropped over Japan

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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    The Cold War

    The "war" was between The superpowers US and Soviet Union UK was US' most important ally
  • India's independence

    India's independence

    UK's economy was already bad at the time but got worse in 1953 when they lost the Suez Canal
  • My Papa's Waltz- Roethke

    My Papa's Waltz- Roethke

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night- Thomas

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night- Thomas