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Decade - 1930s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1930s.
1,882 Questions
How much was car payment's in the 1930's?
Very very few people financed vehicles back then. Vehicles cost from $500-800 and it was frowned upon to owe money. If you couldn't afford to pay for a product, you didn't get that product, Life was different back then
Why did Americans in 1930s like movies that showed luxurious lifestyles?
People wanted to escape from their ordinary lives that were most often filled with drudgery. At the movies an audience could be transported to an imaginary place where there was no Great Depression and everyone lived happily ever after.
General Motors recognized the united automobile workers union
What was one of the main bargaining tactics of the labor movement in the 1930's?
In the 1930's one of the main bargaining tactics was sit-down strikes.
Why did the US adopt a policy of isolationism during the 1920s and 1930s?
The scares of WW1 and warren harding's "return to normalcy " was why the us decided to stay out of euro affairs and when it worked the othe 20s presidents kept the same policies
What was life like for people in America in the1930s?
Life for people in America in the 1930s was very bleak. This was the era of the Great Depression, which means that many people were without work, without homes and without food.
League of Nations
The Great Depression
How did Americans escape their concerns during the 1930s?
Seeing movies listening to the radio and reading books
How much did 5lbs of sugar cost in the 1930s?
$7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Why was the 1930's a period of pessimism?
During the 1930s, the world experienced an unprecedented economic recession. This event is known as the Great Depression, which may be the "pessimism" to which you refer. In the United States, the Market Crash of 1929, or Black Tuesday, was the primary event of the economic downturn.
If you are referring to the population "feeling pessimistic," a causal analysis originating with the Great Depression is an appropriate answer. During this time, unemployment was 25% in the United States with many living "hand to mouth"-a saying which originated from the Great Depression lifestyle in which whatever food a person could desperately grab went directly from their hand to their mouth. Less work meant less income and as a result, people could not afford the luxuries or leisure activities which satisfied them and therefore became pessimistic.
What was NOT a principle or strategy that unified the diverse group known as isolationists?
support for the Land-Lease Act
What is a characteristic of robber barons?
Robber barons where men such as big tycoons who held monopolies over others, meaning robber barons where greedy/selfish people who did not give back to society or treat people as well as "captains," captains were those wealthy that were looked upon as leaders.
Why were the 1930s called the devil's decade?
It was a period of financial difficulty caused by the 1929 Wall Street Crash that led to a global depression. Britain had an economic decline
What qualifications were needed to be in the Gestapo?
you needed to be a non Jewish German, you needed to hate every non gestapo person and you needed to be stupid enough to be a gestapo
