Decade - 1930s

The 1930s was the Great Depression. Jobs were hard to find. Food was scarce because of the dustbowl. Banks were unstable.

* Foreign travel was less common (and much more expensive) than now. * In Britain and many other countries seaside holidays were very popular. In England, for example, places like Torquay, Borunemouth, Blackpool, Skegness, Great Yarmouth, Clacton and a host of smaller resorts were enormously popular. * For those who could afford it, Switzerland, the south of France and many places in Italy - such as Rome, Venice, Florence - were popular.

The major environmental crisis of the 1930's was known as The Dust Bowl, or as the Dirty Thirties.

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The only country under Communist control at that time was the Soviet Union.

In the 1930s most brand name candy bars cost only five cents. That is equal to about 90 cents in 2014 dollars.

That was during the Great Depression, and they only made what they could in thir farms, which WA barely enough to feed their families.

12,000 people lost their job everyday!

Hoover (Republican) was in power, then Roosevelt (Democrat). FDR was more prominent, as he was President from 1933-1945 during both the Great Depression and World War II.

Until April of 1930, it was the Woolworth Building. Completed in 1913, the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed by the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, now known simply by its address, 40 Wall Street.

The 40 Wall Street building was the tallest in the world only for a few short weeks, from the time of its completion in April 1930, until it was surpassed by the Chrysler Building, which was completed on May 28, 1930.

Like 40 Wall Street, the Chrysler Building also enjoyed the title of World's Tallest Building for a very short time. It was soon surpassed by the Empire State Building, which opened on May 1, 1931.

The Empire State Building was the tallest in the world from the time of its completion in 1931, until it was surpassed by World Trade Tower 1 (the North Tower) in either 1970 or 1972 (different sources give different dates).

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Pluto was discover in the 1930's along with the helicopter.

automobiles/other ground vehicles such as fords and Cadillacs but there was still taxis and horse pulled carriages

In 1934, the average net income was $3,125.42 for a family, as reflected on tax returns. Airline pilots made $8,000 a year while a registered nurse made $936.

The Depression did little to alter the role of women in the American workplace. According to the 1930 census almost eleven million women, or 24.3 percent of all women in the country, were gainfully employed. Three out of every ten of these working women were in domestic or personal service. Of professional women three-quarters were schoolteachers or nurses. The 1940 census did not post dramatic changes in the numbers of working women: thirteen million women, or 25.4 percent of all women over the age of fourteen, worked. The greatest numbers of women continued to work in domestic service, with clerical workers just behind. Out of every ten women workers in 1940, three were in clerical or sales work, two were in factories, two in domestic service, one was a professional-a teacher or a nurse-and one was a service worker. Women in the 1930s in fact entered the workforce at a rate twice that of men-primarily because employers were willing to hire them at reduced wages. In unionized industries, however, women fared better. Women constituted 7 percent of all workers in the automobile industry and 25 percent of all workers in the electrical industry. The integrated International Ladies Garment Workers Union had 200,000 members and secured for pressers in Harlem high wages of $45 to $50 per week. I'M SMARTER THAN YOU you copies that off of enotes smartie

Here is some weekly wages (the averages) that I have found while researching this very same question:

Manufacturing-Production Worker $16.89

Cook $15

Doctor $61.11

Accountant $45

Hope this helps.

http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/priceguide.html

here is a link to a website that has a lot of stuff price and wage wise.

In most (advanced) countries the great majority of teenagers left school at 14 and went to work, often for quite low wages. Some got apprenticeships or some further training. They were expected to grow up quickly. There was practically no music or clothing specifically for teenagers.

In 1930s America, segregation was still a powerful reality. In the southern states, the infamous Jim Crow laws prevented African-Americans from enjoying the same privileges as most whites in the same region. Yet, even in such national institutions as the military, blacks and whites were quite distinctly separated, that is, segregated.

There was light at the end of the tunnel, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl years were behind the US, but war clouds were on the horizon.

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Because the ruling French and British political establishment were first and foremost worried with the Soviet threat - and at that time, fascism was considered by many conservatives the only feasible way to avoid a communist revolution. Therefore, it has been speculated that the (in)famous appeasement policy that those countries followed was targeted at creating a strong Germany that could face the Soviet Union. But, with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 (the No-Aggresion Pact between the Soviet Union and the German Reich), all hopes of playing both totalitarian powers against each other vanished.

It's just a theory, but it explains perfectly some Franco-British policies that at first sight may look illogical. An excellent essay by F. William Engdahl exploring the question at lenght is to be found here; if you are really interested in this topic it's a must-read:

http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/History/MacKinder/mackinder.html

Unemployment rates were high because it was the Great Depression. There was a huge economic downfall through out the whole world. Also the weather (in America) had taken a turn for the worse destroying agriculture which in turn made grown food too expensive to plant which caused farmers to lose both their jobs and their land.

the would put up help wanted poster all throught towns and bus and trian station and would say no education need

1954 the French lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu and departed Vietnam. 1954 North and South Vietnam are created at the 17th parallel. 1960 President D. Eisenhower prepares incoming President Kennedy with Vietnam Intelligence and the Domino Theory 1961 President Kennedy sends military advisers/Green Berets to South Vietnam 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated 1965 President Johnson sends US Marines to Vietnam 1968 President Johnson refuses to be re-elected/Senator Robert Kennedy assassinated/Martin Luther King assassinated/TET offensive Vietnam War 1969 US lands man on the moon 1970 President Nixon orders US Troops attack into Cambodia 1971 President Nixon orders US/allies attack into Lao's 1972 President Nixon orders MAXIMUM EFFORT B-52 Bomber Strikes into North Vietnam, Operations Linebacker I & II. Heavy B-52 losses. 1973 Paris Peace Accord signed US withdraws from Vietnam, Watergate destroys President Nixon's administration. 1975 President Ford is Commander in Chief when South Vietnam falls to communists in 1975. United States has since lowered US voting age to 18, and is phasing in the "all voluntary" Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. 1983 President Reagon launches FIRST US Military offensive action since Vietnam with "Operation Urgent Fury" against Grenada. 1989 US military launches "Operation Just Cause" against Panama. BERLIN WALL COMES DOWN. 1990 USSR Collapsed. Soviet Union NOW CALLED RUSSIA (again). Iraq moves into Kuwait, US "Operation Desert Shield" begins. 1991 "Operation Desert Storm" begins; ends less than 30 days later, complete success. 2001 Terrorists attack twin towers in NYC, NY, USA. US Sends troops to Afghanist