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1930 One building that was built was the Chrysler building built in the 1930’s and it was the largest for a little while and it had many unique things that other buildings did not have at that time. **Art Deco** is the contemporary Modern Design, Architecture, and a broad spectrum of Decorative Arts. It drew renewed inspiration from ancient arts and primitive arts, and was purified by ideas of the functionalists. In the United States it was "**Modernism**," and in France as "**Art Modern**." Some said that it was a reaction to "**Art Nouveau**," and the other said that it was an extension of "**Art Nouveau**." http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~fujimori/heritage/artdeco.html forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143716 Trenton Seifert
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**Television** Felix the Cat became television's 1st star when he appeared in statue form on NBC. CBS inaugurated the nation's 1st regular schedule of television broadcasting. New York mayor Jimmy Walker officiated at this telecast. CBS Television provided TV's 1st coverage of a presidential election. Irvin S. Cobb talked about current news events. Gertrude Lawrence appeared with Paul McGrath in Susan and God, an early NBC telecast and was one of the theater's 1st personalities to appear on TV. David Sarnoff of the Radio Corporation of America stated, "Now we add sight to sound. [|www.trivia-library.com/a/history-of-television-in-the-1920s-and-1930s.htm] The top five shows were: The Three Stooges, Looney Tunes, Popeye, Little Rascals, and Felix the Cat. [|www.tv.com/shows/highest-rated/all.html?era=1930]   Kayla Relford

** Music ** The most popular music in the 1930s was jazz. Jazz music is happy and very lively; this music cheered people up and made them happy. The main jazz instruments were piano, clarinet, saxophone, and trumpet. Jazz is not a tune but an expression of a person’s soul, mind, and will. The main type of jazz music in the 30’s was called swing. Swing is a type of jazz that has large bands and is invigorating and robust. This often created dancing, which was an instant connection with the people. Gypsy jazz was originated by a French guitarist named Django Reinhardt. It’s an unlikely mix of swing, mussetta, and folk strains of Eastern Europe. It is also known as jazz monouche, it has a languid, seductive feel characterized by driving rhythms. Famous jazz musicians include Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles and many more. www.apassion4jazz.net/google.com

=Music= Most of the songs of the 30s are types of jazz. This decade was known as the Swing Era when swing bands dominated dance halls, ballrooms, radio broadcasts, and record sales. The 1930s list is dominated by pop songs that were produced by the song makers of "Tin Pan Alley." Eddy Duchin, Paul Whiteman, Glenn Miller, Hal Kemp, Shep Fields, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray, Wayne King, and the Boswell Sisters are artists who were popular all through the decade. __[]__ 1. Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin or Benny Meroff 2. Puttin’ on the Ritz - Harry Richman 3. On The Sunny Side of the Street - Ted Lewis 4. Get Happy - Nat Shilkret 5. Ten Cents A Dance - Ruth Etting 6. Three Little Words - Duke Ellington 7. Body and Soul - Paul Whiteman 8. Stein Song (University of Maine) - Rudy Vallee 9. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Leo Reisman 10. When It's Springtime In The Rockies - Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra or Ben Selvin [] __Tiffany Leverton__

__Inventions in the 1930's__
1930- Jet engine 1930- Sticky tape 1931- Baby food 1931- Electric razor 1932- BBC television 1932- Parking meter 1932- Polaroid 1933- Drive in movies 1933- Stereo records 1934- Monopoly 1934- Road reflectors 1934- Trampoline 1935- Nylon 1935- Radar for aircraft 1936- Helicopter 1936- Magnetic recording 1937- Photocopier 1938- Ball point pen 1938- Fiberglass 1938- Instant coffee 1938- Strobe lighting 1939- FM radio broadcasting []

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Franklin D. Roosevelt – President from 1933-1945. Brought the U.S. out of depression; created United Nationals and promoted war after pearl harbor.

Adolf Hitler – dictator of Germany. Killed many Jews and started the holocaust

Herbert Hoover – President from 1929-1933 brought to the Presidency an unparalleled reputation for public service as an engineer, administrator, and humanitarian.

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The 1930’s Political People Tony Decker 1. Franklin d Roosevelt

Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority. By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed. In 1936 he was re-elected by a top-heavy margin. Feeling he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to enlarge the Supreme Court, which had been invalidating key New Deal measures. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution in constitutional law took place. Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy. Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. 2. HERBERT HOOVER One week before Hoover celebrated his 40th birthday in London, Germany declared war on France, and the American Consul General asked his help in getting stranded tourists home. In six weeks his committee helped 120,000 Americans return to the United States. Next Hoover turned to a far more difficult task, to feed Belgium, which had been overrun by the German army. After the United States entered the war, President Wilson appointed Hoover head of the Food Administration. He succeeded in cutting consumption of foods needed overseas and avoided rationing at home, yet kept the Allies fed. After the Armistice, Hoover, a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration, organized shipments of food for starving millions in central Europe. He extended aid to famine-stricken Soviet Russia in 1921. When a critic inquired if he was not thus helping Bolshevism, Hoover retorted, "Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!" After capably serving as Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Hoover became the Republican Presidential nominee in 1928. He said then: "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." His election seemed to ensure prosperity. Yet within months the stock market crashed, and the Nation spiraled downward into depression. After the crash Hoover announced that while he would keep the Federal budget balanced, he would cut taxes and expand public works spending. In 1931 repercussions from Europe deepened the crisis, even though the President presented to Congress a program asking for creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid business, additional help for farmers facing mortgage foreclosures, banking reform, a loan to states for feeding the unemployed, expansion of public works, and drastic governmental economy. At the same time he reiterated his view that while people must not suffer from hunger and cold, caring for them must be primarily a local and voluntary responsibility. His opponents in Congress, who he felt were sabotaging his program for their own political gain, unfairly painted him as a callous and cruel President. Hoover became the scapegoat for the depression and was badly defeated in 1932. In the 1930's he became a powerful critic of the New Deal, warning against tendencies toward statism.

Fashion of the 1930's

"Fashion of the 1930s was directly influenced by the great Wall Street Crash of October 24, 1929 and subsequent Depression. The autumn, 1930 Sears Catalogue admonished, “Thrift is the spirit of the day. Reckless spending is a thing of the past.” The beginning of the decade saw women sewing more. Clothing was mended and patched before being replaced. Less ready-to-wear garments were purchased, even though styles were dramatically changing."

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Shoes In the 1930s, women's shoes were generally made of leather. Two-tone wingtips, pumps with a buckled ankle strap, and high-heeled lace-ups were all popular. Heels were thick, usually one to four inches, and the entire shoe had a clunky appearance. Purses A clutch purse was by far the most popular style during the 30s, 40s, and 50s. It was sometimes beaded or made of mesh, knitted or crocheted, or made of leather or even felt. Shoulder bags gained popularity after the war, and were a common choice for everyday. Hats Ladies in the 1930s-50s generally wore a hat or scarf when leaving the house. In the 1930s, berets and pillboxes were popular, but a brimmed hat, worn at a jaunty angle, more typifies the look of the era. During WWII, women's hats often resembled military hats and berets, but large-brimmed hats were worn, as well. Gloves In the 30s and 40s, women generally wore gloves. In both decades, two styles were common: shorter, wrist-length gloves or longer gloves worn pushed down TIES In the 1930s, ties were more conservative and slightly wider than today's ties, and were usually made of silk. Cufflinks Worn by the classiest men, great cuff links are a must if you've got French cuff shirts. Braces Braces are button-on suspenders. They are much classier than clip-ons, which only became popular lately. They were generally worn with nice suits through all three decades Watch Chains Your normal man in the 30s or 40s wore his watch in a vest pocket with a small chain leading to a fob in his other pocket. These should hang from either the front pocket to the back pocket or from a front beltloop to a back pocket, on either the right or left side. Shoes Through the 30s and 40s, men's shoes didn't change much. Black and white or brown and white two-tone wingtips were quite stylish, as were solid-colored, dark shoes. These two-tone styles are often called spectators. True spectators have leather soles and are great to dance in because they slide easily across the floor. Socks Socks just haven't changed a whole lot. Argyle and wool were more common in the 30s, with cotton gaining popularity as time went on. Avoid white socks, stick mainly to dark colors like black or dark brown depending on how you are dressed. []
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