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the great depression was caused by World War 1 and inflation. Banks farms stores all closed down over night unemployment was at 25%. We borrowed money from other countries which put us more and more in debt.
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Softer anf fuller curls were the style back then. They wear hats that covered less of the head so the hair was in full view. Girls spent most of their time and money on their hair.
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Also known as the Jump. It started out to describe alcohlics who suffered from the jitters. It is a type of swing dancing where you dance with no control.
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the treaty regulated submarines and ship building between United Kingdom, Italy, United States, and japan.
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Fashion and style was very important to people in the 1930's, it was a statement. Men usally wore suits with suspenders and double or single-breasted jackets. Bare chests came into style in 1934.
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Willis Carrier is the father of the modern Air Conditoning, he created the first window Air Conditer.They were usally found in cars, fancy hotels, and theaters, when they would buy Air Conditer it would cost about $10,000 to $50,000.
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The 1930's Chrysler,Ford,Chevrolets,Buicks, and Cadillac's were the biggest sellers.Cadillac's were the first car to ever have a V-16 cylender.To keep up with compitision GM invented no-draft ventilation,front wheel suspension,all steel body,and window defosters.Chevrolets added knee-action,and Buicks added heaters and built in radios.
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In 1930 RCA which stood for Radio Corperation of America,did experements with black and white tv's, also in 1939 at the worlds fair RCA showcase the frist Presidential speech on television. In 1938 George Valensi put up the first inital proposal for coloered tv's.Also in 1930 NBC airs and in in 1931 CBS is aired.
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Rich people did not give up on fashion, even during the Great Depression. They wanted to lose th eguy look. So they usally wore skirts, knee or ancle length. And the "V" neck came inti style.
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In 1932 there were 14 dust storms, dust storms were tons of top soil that would blow about 60mph, and in 1933 there were 38 storms.In 1934 there was a estamate 100 millon acres of farmland had been lost, and in 1935 congress passed the soil act.
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Shirley was perhaps the greatest child star in history of America. She stared in a show called "Stand Up and Cheer". People loved her innocent face, dimples, and curley hair.
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All though we were going through the great depression people were still buying trailers from the Sherman coverd wagon company.There trailers were getting sold by the thousands ,back then only for $300 but now a days it would be equal to about $4700 .Back then trailers are like now a day campers there was no such thing as a trailer park just emty lots people would park there trailers with some friends for a couple days and then go home.
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A man named Rudolph Wulitzer manufactuered a coin operated phonograph.In 1936 Paul Fuller introduced a new model of jukebox made of plastic,glass,and wood.It could handel up to 24 records,and in 1937 there were already 10,000 sold.
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he was the 32 president he served 4 terms and he is the only one to do that. He has been rated as one of the top three presidents. He died in 1941.
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Zippo lighters were the first wind proof lighters.Invented by Georg G. Blaiselsell in Pennsylvania,in the year 1933.Zippo's lighters now a days are very expencive to fix but back then it was only a penny for a repair.
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japan and Germany attacked Manchuria and china and were being criticized for it by the League of Nations. They both left the League of Nations a month after they had attacked Manchuria and china
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King Kong is about a giant gorilla on Skull Island. It took over a year to create, because of all the pictures they had to take.
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prohibition stated the making, selling, and transporting alcohol was illegal. The law was made to improve health, public safety, reduce crime, improve economy, and raise morality. Prohibition lasted 14 years.
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In 1934 Wallace Carther invented nylon. To creat the material he had wanted he anyalyeds over 100 different poyamides.In the end he changed the fourmula for synthetic silk.Nylons were then changed to pantyhose, women gave them the nickname the miracal fiber.
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Sulfa drugs also known as Wonder drug fought of scarlet fever and meningitis.Pronto's fought off streptococcus, meningococcus,and gonococcus.
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the Spanish civil war was a revolt against their republican government. The nationalist got aid from Germany and Italy. They were killed over political and religious views.
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Jesse Owens was one of the 3,963 Americans that were in the summer olympic games. He won 4 gold medels, but Hitler refused to shake his hand at the award ceremony.
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Ruth Graves Wakefield needed something to put in her cookies she had a Nestles candy bar so she cut it up and put it in the dough.Ruth sold the recipe to Nestles, and they gave her a life time supply of chocolate. In 1939 Nestles came out with the semi-sweet morse and now they are widely produced in a varity of flavors.
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the balloon blew up from unknown reasons. The balloon was landing at Lake Hurst naval base. It was the largest air ship ever made it had carried 1038 passengers. It was 720 dollars for a round trip.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is about a girl who is running away from a jealous queen and goes to live with seven dwarfs. It won an Academy Award. It also had songs that we still know today, like "Someday My Prince WIll Come" and "Whistle While You Work".
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he was appointed chancellor in January of 1933 by President Paul Von Hindenburg. He was given his dictatorship ship powers in 1934. He was now the head of administration and chancellor he was the only man in Germany history to do that.
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Most people tuned their radio in the middle of the program which was "War of the Worlds". People actually believed the U.S. was being attacked by martians.
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Wizard of Oz is about a girl and her dog get caught in a tornado path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. It's considered the most watched movie ever. And it has songs we still know today, like "Over the Rainbow" and we still know the line today "theres no place like home".
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the battle was between the German navy and allied merchant shipping navies. The allies won because they were producing ships much faster than Germany even though Germany was destroying their ships faster.
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the Germans and the Soviet Union attacked Poland from north south and wet. Germany attacked Poland for more space for Germans to live and to remove Jews and other ethnic groups.
