Culture in the 1930s

1
Culture in the 1930s

• About 65 of population goes to movies once a
  week.
• Films offer _________________ show wealth,
  romance, fun
• ____________________ - perhaps the most famous
  film of the era.
• _____________ - live action or animated- way to
  forget problems
• Comedies, realistic gangster movies especially
  popular
• Several films present ______________ policies in
  positive light

2
Radio Entertains

• _______ of households have a radio families
  listen together every day
• Dramas, variety shows play in ___________
• ___________ - actor , director, producer, writer
• ______________ for homemakers broadcast in middle
  of day
• _______________ shows after school hours
• Immediate _______________ becomes customary.

3
The Arts in Depression America

• __________________ pays artists to make are,
  teach in schools.
• Aim to promote _______ appreciation, positive
  image of ______________.
• Murals typically portray dignity of ordinary
  people at work
• Many outstanding works painted by artists,
  including __________________.
• Federal ____________ Project hires actors,
  artists
• Singer, Songwriter ____________________ sings of
  plight of poor.

4
Diverse Writers Depict American Life

• __________________Project supports many who
  become major writers
• Richard Wright, African-American author writes
  Native Son
• John Steinbeck writes The ___________________
  about Dust Bowl migrants.
• Some writers examine difficulty of life in the
  1930s
• Others show _________ of ordinary people,
  __________ of small-town life.

5
Impact of New Deal

• By 1937, economic improvement convinces many
  _____________________ is ending
• Congress wants to cut back programs by 1939
  ____________________ over
• Conservatives think FDR made federal government
  too _____________
• Liberals didnt do enough to ______________econo
  my, end ____________
• Supporters did help country recover from
  economic difficulties

6
Expanding Governments Role in the Economy

• FDR expands power of _______________,
  ________________
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  regulates _____________
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  regulates _____________
• New deal does not ______ Depression does reduce
  suffering, give ___________
• Federal government goes deeply into
  ______________ to create jobs, give ______.
• Massive spending on equipment, supplies for
  _______ end Depression

7
Protecting Workers Rights

• New Deal laws set ______________, ban _________
  labor, permit __________
• establish policies followed today
• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) still
  mediates ______________ disputes.
• SEC still monitors ______________________,
  enforces laws on stock, bond sales
• FDIC still protects individual investors in case
  of ________________

8
Social Security

• _________________ government takes responsibility
  for citizens _____________
• Provides for aged, _______________, needy
• Rural Scene Commodity Credit Corporation makes
  _______________ to farmers
• based on amount of farmers ___________,
  parity price
• Parity price- price intended to keep farmers
  income _____________
• Agricultural price supports set _______________
  of federal aid to farmers.

9
The Environment

• _________plants trees, builds hiking trails, fire
  lookout towers
• Soil Conservation Service teaches methods to
  ________________ soil
• ______________________ reduces grazing on public
  lands
• ___________________ Authority creates
  electricity, prevents floods
• Government adds national _________, wildlife
  refuges, wilderness areas
• Government-sponsored strip mining, coal burning
  cause _______________________.