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Sep 16, 2010 · The 1930s were the decade of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and other problems, but also the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency and Hollywood’s Golden Age.
The 1930s (pronounced "nineteen-thirties" and commonly abbreviated as " the '30s " or " the Thirties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1930, and ended on December 31, 1939. In the United States, the Dust Bowl led to the nickname the "Dirty Thirties". The decade was defined by a global economic and political crisis that culminated in the ...
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Apr 6, 2024 · Here’s a brief list of 1930s slang terms for objects and people that add flair to your vocabulary: Apple: Not just a fruit; an “apple” could be someone’s head. “Watch your apple when you’re near those low doorframes!”. Canary: Imagine referring to a singer as a “canary,” specifically a female singer with a sweet voice.
Feb 8, 2022 · 1930s – 7 Historical Events that happened in the 1930s. By Richard Gibson. February 8th, 2022. During the 1930s, the USA ended Prohibition and found itself contending with domestic crime like never before, Europe and Asia were inching ever closer to war. In the east, Japan asserted its dominance, while in the West, the rise of Hitler and the ...
African Americans - Great Depression, New Deal, Struggles: The Great Depression of the 1930s worsened the already bleak economic situation of African Americans. They were the first to be laid off from their jobs, and they suffered from an unemployment rate two to three times that of whites.
United States - Great Depression, Economic Crisis, 1930s: In October 1929, only months after Hoover took office, the stock market crashed, the average value of 50 leading stocks falling by almost half in two months. Despite occasional rallies, the slide persisted until 1932, when stock averages were barely a fourth of what they had been in 1929. Industrial production soon followed the stock ...
The fast-talking guys and dames of 1930s movies—like the contemporaneous music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart —were the product of a culture both urban and urbane; the movies and the music depended on clever allusions and witty dialogue, written or composed mostly b...
