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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
What is the difference between now and the 1930s?
movies now and days use alot more camers angles and alot of sounds but in 1930 they shot from 1 angle and they really couldn't go back and fix it and in 1927 they had barely added sound to the movies.
What did boys wear in the 1930's?
The same thing the ancient villagers of mesopotamia wore - Clothes.
What was the average allowance during the 1930's?
There were no technical "allowences" if you mean wages;as in what you are payed from a job;then they were very low
How did people travel in the 1930's?
Most people had cars to use for shorter trips. For long erdistances people mostly traveled using trains because they were cheap and fast and went almost everywhere in the US. Ocean liners were available to go overseas Also commercial air travel was starting to become available for the adventurous .
What did people do for fun in the 1930?
In the 1930s, people did many of the same things that people do today for fun. They went to movies and they went out to dance. People listened to programs on the radio and read books and made love and composed music.
Who were the Twin female jazz singers of the 1930s?
What about the Henderson Twins - Win & her sister. They recorded in the very early '40's with Snakehips Johnson
What was the cost of new home in the 1930's?
In 1939 a new house was about $3800.00. Average wages for a year was $1730.00 and gas was $.10/gallon.
What happened in Oklahoma in the 1930s?
in the 1930s, during the great depression, the dust bowlswept across the great planes, a region that includes oklahoma. wind would pick up dust and spread it for hundreds of kilometers at a time. the dust could literally bury a home. during this time, farms were plagued with droughts, thousands of jack rabbits, and hundreds of thousands grasshoppers, killing all crops, and leaving many families broke. the dust also caused dust pneumonia, which didn't have a cure, and took the lives of many, though it was very common in children. the worst known dust storm was on April 14, 1935, a day now known as Black Sunday. The drought finally came to an end in 1939, bringing a halt to the dust storms.
hope this helps!
sorry if i went overboard, i actually live in oklahoma:)
What kind of radios were there in the 1930s and 1940s?
well i know that FM was invented in the 1930s so i gess they had mostly audio programs and live baseball games from what i know
How racism effected people in the 1930's?
Throughout the 1930's African American and Hispanic people did not work in the same areas as the people of "white America". Schools remained segregated at this time, and drinking fountains and restrooms were still labeled.
the salinas valley is a nice place to live and steinbeck set his novel there of mice and men
Yes, buses have been around from at least the early 1800's with the booming markets for Stagecoaches, basically buses pulled by horses.
How have planes changed since the 1930s?
Erm the 1930s is an intresting period both stylistically anel historically.
How were black people treated in America 1930-1940?
blacks and white were completely separated. in the early 1600 black people were brought over to America to serve as slaves and the conditions were terrible. butt things didn't get much better blacks were restricted from things every one should have such as voting. they were made to use different cubicles and go to different schools and could only have certain seats on a bus. they were treated as scum or lower life and called things such as Negros or colored were being beaten and hung purely for the fact of there skin color. one picture shows a black man being hung and the audience were full of white people laughing and hangings like these where treated as a social event.
How much did a house cost in the 1930s?
In the 1930s the average cost for a new home in the United States was $7,145.
How were women treated during the 1930s?
Women were treated with well during that time period, did not have as many rights as they do now, such as right to vote. but it is still true that women were put under men, to serve under them. and it is also true that women have a better sence of hearing so they can hear men yell "woman, make me a samich". samich of course meaning sandwhich.
What were family activities in the 1920s?
The family activities in the 1920s were not so versatile as what is witnessed in the modern society. They included dinner, going to church together and hosting barbecues among others.
the cost of a blanket in 1930? Easy, it was 3 grams of coke and $400 in pure monopoly cash. If you had a blanket in 1930 you were considered almighty or just a free loading hobo
