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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.
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What year was Saturday 29th December in the 1950's?
Saturday, December 29 fell in the years 1951 and 1956.
Why was California not the promised land of the migrants' dreams?
california was also feeling the effects of the depression and couldnt take any more migrants
What was the average cost of a dress in the US in the 1930s?
The average dress in the U.S. in the 1930's was between $1 and $3.
What was it like for small towns in the 1930's?
Well in the 1930's, it was the times of the Great Depression due to the crash of '29 and the Dust Bowl. Times were tough, the majority of familys were hardly getting along with the little amount of money they had - and many of the men were at war. For African-Americans times were even worse in the southern United States. They were strictly segregated from Caucasian's due to the Jim Crow Laws, and were treated and judged very unfairly.
What used by the Pinkerton agency until it was declared unconstitutional by Congress in the 1930s?
Among the more notable Pinkertson cases were those in which dozens of union spies were used by the infamous Jay Gould to break a strike against the Texas and Pacific Railroads and when Pinkerton detective's were used in 1905 to involve labor leaders in the murder of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho. After Congress declared LABOR SPYING unconstitutional in 1937, the industrial division of the Pinkerton agency was officially dissolved.
Criminal Investigations, Michael D. Lyman, 6th edition. ISBN 978-0-13-506057-5. Page 8-9.
What did the league do about the abyssinian crisis?
the league talked to Mussolini, whilst he was sending troops into abyssinia. The league didn't want to loose Italy from the league of nations and decided to give part of abyssinia to Italy. However Mussolini wanted all of abyssinia to expand his empire, so instead he ignored the league and invaded abyssinia.
Then the league banned weapons sales and put sanctions on rubber and metal.
The abyssinian emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the league but the league did nothing, in fact they secretly agreed to give abyssinia to Italy. This was called the Hoare Laval pact.
How is life today compared to the 1930s?
hard it was so difficult for them but for us it is clar sailing being away from your friends and family is hard but espeshaly if you dont know wether there dead of alive
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What two important events in American history occured in the 1930's?
the great depression and the dust bowl
What work did migrant workers do in the 1930's?
America always had some migrant workers. Still, the 1930s produced more than usual. In the 1920s, gasoline powered farm tractors came into use. Suddenly, American farms needed a lot few workers most of the year. On the other hand since the people thrown out of work became migrant labor, farming could extend farther south and west. People farmed land in South Florida with winter vegetables. Migrant laborers picked them and when they were picked moved up the state, ending the year in Maine. By the 1920s tractors enabled people to farm former grazing land in Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Colorado, West Oklahoma, West Kansas, West Nebraska, Wyoming, and a few other places. A number of people raised on farms to the east took advantage of the situation and moved west to the new land. In the 1930s a big drought hit from Arizona to Texas and north to Wyoming. It blew away the topsoil on many farms driving many farms out of business. Many banks holding mortgages on those farms also failed. The area was called the dust bowl. Washington D.C. looked like Beijing does today. The people were out of work and hungry. They packed what belongings they could put in their cars and left. Some went to California. Others went east. Meanwhile, congress raised tariffs, and raised tariffs, and raised tariffs. Foreign countries retaliated. Exports ended. Companies depending on exports went out of business. Their employees were laid off. Meanwhile the stock market crashed. Many New Yorkers who had worked in the finance business were out of work. With all the people out of work, many factories closed. Those people were out of work. With so many people out of work. Many people joined the migrants picking crops.
Was the clothes in the colourful 1930s?
Where the clothes in the 1930's colorful? Yes! Most of the colors in clothes started in the 1920's. Colors have always been in clothes. Colorful clothes have been around since the Bible days, but they always were expensive and represented royalty. Until, the 1920's when colorful clothes became the normal thing. the 1920's not only introduced almost every color in clothing but also pattern and texture. things like plaid, stripes, checkers, florals. ect. and so many different fabrics- cotton, silk,satin, wool ect.
