immigrants‚ American women began looking for style inspirations in other cultures. Mainly‚ they were infatuated with the simple‚ yet elegant garments promoted by the European designers. 1.2. The Age of Decline: United States of America in the 1930’s
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Many movies were released in the 1930’s‚ and were loved and watched by thousands when it was first released. These films are still watched today by many others. Some of them were known around the world‚ because of how fast it became popular. Some of the popular movies are‚ Alice In Wonderland (1933)‚ Cleopatra (1934)‚ The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)‚ The Wizard of Oz (1939). The Wizard of Oz‚ was a 1939 American musical comedy-drama fantasy film .It was the most expensive production at that time
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Reefer Madness All I can say about this movie is‚ wow. It seriously made me laugh because the way they portrayed “potheads.” I realize that the 1930’s were very different from now and even my teenage years‚ but that movie was utterly ridiculous. I honestly am not sure what those people were smoking‚ but I cannot believe it was marijuana. I realize that it does make people laugh but not hysterically like that. It also‚ does make some people want to be more sexual and even some paranoid. I will
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The 1930’s were a time when social changes were happening at a much faster pace than in recent years passed. The fair culture of America was also changing. It was sort of evolving into what was to become an unrecognizable creation‚ both in the physical sense and the ideological sense. The fairs of the 1930’s however‚ while being the first time in history where we see large additions of amusement without purpose‚ as in today’s massive regional amusement parks. The old splendor of educational dioramas
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The ‘Scottsboro Boys’ is a reference to one of the most famous series of trials in 1930’s. The story surrounding the Scottsboro cases involves nine young African American boys and their alleged gang rape of two white women: Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. This highly questionable rape accusation would spark unprecedented amounts of trials‚ convictions‚ reversals‚ and retrials. Because of these trials‚ celebrities were made from anonymities‚ careers were launched and ended‚ lives were wasted‚ heroes
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Dust Bowl? Now-a-days many farmers struggle with drought. In the 1930s the same was true. Farmers are currently fearing that having this huge drought will affect their economic living. If a drought happens than a farmer’s plantation could lose its crops‚ animals‚ and amazing soil. Three supporters of those ideas are Romm‚ who knows a lot about energy efficiency; MeManus‚ who is the associate state climatologist for Oklahoma; and Foley‚ who is the director of the Institute on the Environment at
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Political Climate of The 1930s Roosevelt was elected in 1932. American people are tired of Hoover’s “hear nothing‚ see nothing‚ do nothing government.” This played a major part in Roosevelt’s winning the election. When he pledged to create a new deal for the American people‚ he won the election by a landslide. During his first hundred days as President‚ Roosevelt was quick to make changes. He started by Shoring up the Nation’s Banks‚ meaning he closed all the banks for several days until Congress
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Since the 1930’s the face of welfare has been shaped multiple times with many different types of reforms. These reform were made in an attempt to reduce the number of people who depend on government assistance‚ and to help those people get back on their feet and
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Life for Blacks in the South in the 1930s Can you imagine if you were considered as “property” instead of a person‚ using a lower quality facility than whites‚ and having certain laws on what you could and couldn’t do according to your skin color? This is what African-Americans had to go through until the late-1960s. These people had certain laws called “Jim Crow Laws” that they had to follow otherwise they would be punished with jail time and/or fines. Some even suffered from lynching. Lynching
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1930’s Fashion When the stock market crashed‚ most people did not continue to buy the fabulous 20s style clothes‚ people instead saved their money and also stopped buying accessories they continuously wore in the “Flapper” era. This devastating turn of events was called The Great Depression. Women’s skirts were altered and only went to the knee‚ not any lower. Plaid and striped clothing became a popular trend amongst men. The 1930s was more of a survival era other than a new fashionable
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