1930s
What was it like????
• US Population 123,188,000
• 48 States
• Life Expectancy Male:58 Female 61
• Average Salary $1,368
• Food Milk 14 cents a quart
Bread 9 cents a loaf
Stock Market Crash -- 1929 !!
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Drought --- Dust Bowl !!
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Effects of the Depression:
Bank Failure
Unemployment
Homelessness
Prejudice
Strikes
Movement in the country
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933 -1945
4 Terms
Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
A Time of Recovery and Reform
The New Deal
CCC
Agriculture
Labor laws
Community Centers
(Hull House)
Art
At the Movies
Bugs
Snow White 1939
TOYS
Lone
Ranger
Amos
and Fireside Chats
Andy
April 30,1939 World’s Fair
Benny Goodman
Count Basie
Glenn Miller
Louis Armstrong
Innovations
Helicopters and the Jet Engine
Frozen Foods
Electric Shavers
First Drive-in Movie Theaters
Parking Meters
Nylon Stockings
Cartoons
Monopoly Game