1930PRESENTED BY:

KAYLA BEADLESCOMBBRITTNEY MURRAY

PARKER WARREN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Transportation The main modes of transportation during

the 1930’s were the train and the car. There was also a tram car, or a trolley, that

provided a taxi service. In 1930, around one family in twenty

owned an automobile. Air travel began to grow at a rapid pace

during this time too.

Communication The 1930’s was the Golden Age of radio. Radios were used for news, music, and

comedy shows. Franklin D. Roosevelt used Fireside Chats

to reassure the nation during the time of the Great Depression.

Telephones along with newspapers were also used for communication.

Scientific advances The world’s tallest building goes

up in New York City. The Empire State Building stands 1,472 feet tall with 102 stories. The project was completed May 1, 1931.

Dr. Robert Goddard tests a liquid oxygen and gasoline rocket in New Mexico. December 1930 the first rocket reached 2,000 feet, and in March 1935 another rocket reached 5,000 feet at 550 miles per hour.

Sports news 1932 summer Olympics in

Los Angeles, California. Babe Didrikson won three gold medals.

1936 summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler was humiliated by the U.S.

The “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig retires from baseball. After fourteen seasons with the Yankees and astounding statistics, a crippling illness forced his retirement.

Sports in a flash

National Headlines• The Dust Bowl occurred from 1930-1936

devastating the Great Plains.• In 1931 the “Star Spangled Banner” became the

national anthem.• On May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building was

opened in New York City.• At the beginning of 1933 Roosevelt ordered all

banks to close.• Roosevelt organized a series of bills in 1933 to fix

the economic troubles of the Great Depression.• American pilot, Amelia Earhart, disappeared on

her attempt to fly around the world in July of 1938.

International Headlines

• The smallest planet, Pluto was discovered in 1930.

• WWII was underway in European nations and America was focused on staying out of the war.

• In 1937 German Hindenburg are ship burned to the ground and thirty-three were killed.

• Adolf Hitler had been persecuting Jews for almost fifteen years at this point in the war.

• The Munich Conference was held on the 29th and 30th of September 1938, where Hitler met with leaders from France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

Natural Disasters• The weather of the 1930’s was far

beyond the natural cycle.• The Dust Bowl lasted from 1930-1936

causing extreme drought and hardship among Americans.

• In March of 1933 an outbreak of devastating tornadoes swept across Nashville, Tennessee.

• Nineteen hurricanes hit the US mainland during the years 1930-1939.

The Dust Bowl

Music• During the 30’s America’s taste in

music drastically changed from bland and “sweet” to more rhythmically involved and aggressive.

• Big bands became popular.• A new style of music was born

called the “swing.”• The electric guitar and organ were

invented.• Famous singers included Ella

Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, and Duke Ellington.

Fashion• The “smart appearance” became fashionable as well as

respectable.• Clothes for both sexes became more plentiful through chain

stores.• Casual clothes started to take a gradual trend.

Women Men

Tailored, close fitting clothes that gave a sliming look became popular.

Men were rarely seen out of the house without a hat and jacketThe straw “boater” hat was in style.

Pop Culture Gambling “Golden Age of Radio” “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.”

Swing music dominated during this time period.

Entertainment Popular cartoons:

Mickey Mouse Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Betty Boop Popeye the Sailor Looney Tunes Merry Melodies

Entertainment Popular movies:

Wizard of Oz Dracula Frankenstein The Mummy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde King Kong The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Entertainment

Literature Popular books

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck

I, Claudius Robert Graves

Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald

Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston

Changing Roles Women left the “flapper” style behind to

become housewives. Women also began to gain higher positions.

Two percent of all American lawyers and judges were women.

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