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1930’s

1930’s. October History Unit EPIC Masco Class 2006. Herbert Hoover. Born in Iowa Quaker family Geologist who made his fortune mining Worked for Gov’t to help people own homes Helped Gov’t clean up after major flood of 1919. Became President in 1929 Faced with the Great Depression

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1930’s

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  1. 1930’s October History Unit EPIC Masco Class 2006

  2. Herbert Hoover • Born in Iowa • Quaker family • Geologist who made his fortune mining • Worked for Gov’t to help people own homes • Helped Gov’t clean up after major flood of 1919 • Became President in 1929 • Faced with the Great Depression • Attempted to improve healthcare, prosecute gangsters and work for child health.

  3. In 1929 the stock market crashed. Almost all of the money people had invested was gone. From 1930-1933 were a recession, but in 1933 this turned into an economic depression. This means as a country the USA became very poor. The Great Depression

  4. Some great Depression Photos Squatter's Camp, Route 70, Arkansas, October, 1935.Photographer: Ben Shahn

  5. Philipinos cutting lettuce, Salinas, California, 1935. Photographer: Dorothea Lange.In order to maximize their ability to exploit farm workers, California employers recruited from China, Japan, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the American south, and Europe.

  6. Farmer and sons, dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein. By 1934 vast dust storms had swept through the country from North Dakota to Texas. This was the worst drought in the history of the country. Part of the problem was poor farming techniques.

  7. Dorthea Lange “Migrant Mother” 1936

  8. Relief line waiting for commodities, San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee Relief line waiting for commodities, San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee

  9. The second president to sit during the 1930’s. His wife was Eleanor Roosevelt. He designed the New Deal to help end the great depression. He is the only president to serve four terms or 16 years. (We now have a two term or 8 year limit.) Scholars rank FDR in the top three presidents the USA has ever had. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  10. FDR wanted men to get back to work He made up jobs for the men to have FDR started social security so old people would not die poor if they worked their whole lives. Some of the programs President Roosevelt created in "The New Deal" became known by their abbreviations, such as the REA (Rural Electrification Administration), the PWA (Public Works Administration) and the FHA (Federal Housing Administration) The New Deal

  11. The Golden Age of Radio • Radio became the most important kind of entertainment and information in the 1930’s • There was music and talk radio like today, but there were also radio series, which was like a TV show to listen to.

  12. The 30s was the beginning of the “Golden Age of Hollywood” (1930-1948) Some of the movies you may have heard of that came out in the 30s were: Tarzan, the Ape Man 1932 Popeye the Sailor 1933 Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 1937 Gone with the Wind 1939 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Let’s Go to the Movies

  13. Shirley Temple was a little girl born in 1928 who became a big movie star in the 1930s. It made people happy to see her sing and dance during the Depression. Shirley Temple

  14. In 1939 the first widely known live action (not a cartoon) movie that was not black and white was a big hit The colorized movie was called techni-color This famous movie was called “The Wizard of Oz” It starred Judy Garland as Dorothy But… this was not really the first color movie, it was just the first one to get tons of attention. The first color movie?

  15. The 30s were more conservative than the 20s. This means women went back to covering-up their bodies, no more short, tight dresses! 1930s Fashion

  16. Women and men were both expected to were hats in the 30s Hats

  17. Banana nut bread Peanut butter cookies Chef’s salad Reuben sandwich Vidalia onions Bisquick Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix Fritos Cobb salad Hawaiian punch Sloppy Joe’s SPAM Krispie Kreme Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Foods invented in the 30s

  18. World War II • WW2 started in 1939 and ended in 1945 • The USA became involved when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 • During this war Hitler put many people to death: 6 million Jews, 2 million Serbs and Poles, 200,000-800,000 gypsies, 200,000-300,000 people with disabilities, and 200,000 or more others. • The Americans used two atomic bombs on Japan to help end the war – this is the only time in history atomic bombs have been used.

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