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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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Why do 1930's era movie actors speak differently?
Language is a constantly changing thing. For example, in old films if someone says they're gay, they mean happy. It didn't mean homosexual back then.
During the 1930s Southern senators blocked anti-lynching bills through the use of?
Filibusters, or even just the threat of filibusters, by Southern senators blocked the bills. In this time period, just after the Great Depression, the very idea of a filibuster was enough to kill the anti-lynching bills of the 1930's.
What was the GDP in the 1930s?
Assuming that you are asking about the Gross Domestic Product of the United States in 1930, it was about $91.2 billion in year 1930 U.S. dollars. Adjusting for inflation, this would be equivalent to about $790.7 billion in year 2000 dollars. Data is from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) United States Department of Commerce (http://www.bea.gov) and from Measuring worth.com (http://www.measuringworth.com/usgdp/).
US Navy destroyer groundings off key west during during the 1930's?
Yes the destroyer was later dug out by the Navy. Whats left is what us locals call destroyer cut. it is a channel in a man made island. Made when the ship was dug out.
Both resulted in an increase of westward migration.
Franklin Roosevelt promulgated a series of legislative acts called the New Deal. They were social programs designed to restore people's hope after the Great Depression.
How did Russia changed their attitudes in 1930s when Hitler began to violate the Versailles Treaty?
The Soviet Union did not wait for Hitler to break the Treaty of Versailles. Ever since the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) Germany had been allowed to maintain a secret army of 100,000 men in the Soviet Union. These troops were ordered to leave in 1933, which they did. From 1935 till 1939 Communists (along with many others) favoured the formation of 'popular front', anti-Fascist coalitions of the kind that came to power in France and Spain. (Previously, most Communists had directed much of their hostility towards Social Democrats).
What were the Political Movements during the 20th century?
Among the many, communism is the one that took hold in Europe, starting it's growth with Lenin, when Russia was at war with Japan, 1904-1905. Nazism grew in 1933 and fizzled out in 1945.
What does Father Coughlin and Francis Townsend have in common?
Both were critics of FDR's New Deal and attracted a lot of attention during the Depression. Dr. Townsend proposed a monthly pension plan in which the federal government would pay a pension to all people over 60 years of age. The pensioners would have to spend all the monthly pension before getting the next months check, and they could not work. Father Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest who had a radio program. He proposed a complete overhaul of the monetary system, including abolition of the Federal Reserve System.
Was slavery in south America in 1930 bad?
Well, by 1930 slavery had ended in almost every country. The UK France,Spain, the US and so on. Most of these countries were in control of the slavery that was happening in south America. So, if they had ended there slavery, south America's could not have been that bad. However, that is not to say that there still wasn't slavery. There is still slavery till this day in certain countries. Was it as bad in the 1930s in south America no, did it still exists, probably.
Did they have tv in the 1930's?
There were experimental TVs in the US as early as 1937, but no broadcasts to the public. There were even earlier experiments in Russia, and in the US, Philo T. Farnsworth began experimenting and applying for patents as early as 1926. By 1947, there were several stations in New York City broadcasting to the public and most people date this as the beginning of TV.
A drawing of a young Dan Kelly, the Australian outlaw shows him with a sparse mustache. His hair is parted on the side.
Why did Arabs object to the White Paper of 1939 aka the MacDonald White Paper?
Well roughly it may be said that they objected to it since it did not imply a formation of all-Arab state (i.e. the immigration was limited but not prohibited), since none of the sides believed in a mutual agreement.
Because Mac's food taste really bad.
Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930's?
During the 1930's, the Nazi's were not socialists. They bitterly opposed socialism, communism, or any other ism, that promoted class interests of workers' rights above German ethnic solidarity. Adolf Hitler led the Nazi Party.
The Nazi Party rose to power during the 1930's.
What year was the Taj Mahal finished?
The main structure of the Taj Mahal was completed in 1648, and the adjacent buildings and gardens in 1653.
Why was salinas valley California an important place during the great depression in the 1930's?
The Salinas Valley during the 1930s was very productive in the area crops but not in the area of employment rights. Its geography and weather was a critical part of letting the crops grow properly.
How were the Soviet Union and Germany able to amass such economic power during the 1930's?
Gearing up for war, on a massive scale, always helps the economy.
What technology was there in the 1930s?
radio, automobiles, steam engines & locomotives, aeroplanes & record players
In the 1930s people comunicated by calling each other by payphone, and telephones. Some technology they used were cars, phones, and radios that was their major technology.
Should Neville Chamberlain be partially blamed for Germany's rise to power?
Yes, many persons consider N. Chamberlain as a Hitler agent.
Was Animaniacs really created in the 1930s?
No, they were created in the 1990's, specifically for the show.
Why was the government of India act 1935 opposed?
Jinnah described it as throughly rotten, fundamentally bad, & totally unacceptable
Governor General & Governors were given special powers obstruct responsible government.
Safeguards & Reservations were in the Act to serve the British Imperialism
Communal Electorate was extended which was not in the interests of India
Burma was separated from India which was also unliked by poeple
Jinnah described it as throughly rotten, fundamentally bad, & totally unacceptable
Governor General & Governors were given special powers obstruct responsible government.
Safeguards & Reservations were in the Act to serve the British Imperialism
Communal Electorate was extended which was not in the interests of India
Burma was separated from India which was also unliked by poeple
What were the major issues between management and labor in the 1930s?
They did not have enough swag to share
