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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 was transportation like in the 1930s?
TRAINS were the most important transport because it got people to the furthest places and would help people the most who had to go to work and children who got evacuated could get to the places easier and quicker.
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Who are five Famous actors of 1930s?
Fred Astaire Laurel & Hardy
Charlie Chaplin The Marx Brothers
W.C. Fields William Powell
Errol Flynn
Clarke Gable
Female Actors:Greta Garbo Shirley Temple
Myrna Loy Mae West
Ginger Rogers
you are soo gay
Was Jackie Robinson born in the 1930s?
No, Jackie Robinson was not born in the 1930s, he was born in 1919, January 31, 1919.
What was life like for a teenager in the 1930s?
You know how sometimes you get really bored and realize there's nothing to do?.............there you go
What Future President cheated on a eye exam to join the calvary reserve's in the 1930's?
Ronald Reagan
Farming in the 1930's was not very good at all, because of the stock market crash no one had any money to buy the farmers crops. So, the farmer ahd to sell their crops cheaply and didn't make any money. Many farmers had to sell their farms
What weaknesses made the league of nations an ineffective force for peace in the 1920s and 1930s?
they didnt take action when they were supposed to stop conflicts, appeasement was there problem. they let Germany slowly conquer its neighbors until they were right on there doorstep ready to blitzkreig
Why there so many dictators in the 1930s?
There were many dictators during the 1930s because many countries didnt have much power at the time so they needed someone to take control and gain power for their country.
What was Rural Mississippi like in the 1930's?
I believe that it was a harsh place for coloured people to live and even though slavery was now illegal, white people still treated coloured people like slaves and animals
How was society segregated in the 1930s in the southern US?
whites and blacks were segregated harshly.
How did people survive during the 1930's?
The main way people survived in the 1930's was by licking gooche. Gooche was a main meal in the 30's and served as a necessity. LIKC GOOCHE TO LIVE.
What transport did they have in Britain in the 1930s?
boats , trains and loads more london canal muesuem has good info
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Did they have mobiles in 1930's?
No! The mobile phone appeared in the 1980s as a car phone (hence the shop called CarPhone Warehouse), then very large true mobiles came along soon after - they were about the size of a brick. In the 1930s very few people even had a landline telephone at home.
What kind of things can you buy in the supermarket now that you couldn't buy in the war?
There were many things that were rationed, or were not available at all. Some of them were: * Coffee * Sugar * Nylon hose (the nylon was used for parachutes) * Cigarettes * Gasoline
Education was basic, and called the "Three R's" - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic ('Rithmetic).
Women as secretaries in the 1930's?
Yes read the Poem By Marge Piercy "The secretary chant". It shows the life of a Secretary in the 1930s.
