1930’s Pop (Culture) Quiz

1930’s Pop (Culture) Quiz

Question 1 In one or two paragraphs each discuss the major and minor industries of your county and explain how the climate, natural regions and natural resources have influenced their development.

Question 2 Name one country other than the United States that produces much wheat, cattle, cotton, coal, sugar, coffee, gold, oranges.

Question 3 What causes rain? Why do deserts have little rain?

Question 5 Name five cities of West Virginia with reasons for location and growth of each.

Question 6 Trace a car load of coal from a West Virginia coalfield to a sea port or a lake port.

Question 7 Name and locate the principal health resorts in the United States. In West Virginia.

Question 8 What country of the world is most densely settled? Which one has sparsest population? What are the reasons for this?

Question 9 Why is New England losing many of her textile industries?

Question 10 What influence has the Nile River on Egypt? The Kongo basin is smaller than the Amazon? Why is it important?

What do these questions tell you about the 1930’s?

Education in the 1930’s The goals and ideals of education in the 1930s were in sharp conflict with the economic bottom line Number of Teachers and their salaries are decreased Thousands of Children are forced to leave school to help their families financially. African Americans attended segregated schools. Progressive Education Movement is unable to make significant reform.

Slang in the 1930’s Slang is a vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage: it is the non-standard use of words and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language.

Development of Slang Much slang from the era comes out as a response to the Great Depression: PresidentHerbertHoover Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1932, Americans talked of a New Deal and its slew of programs, known by their initials. The Increase in number of people owning cars and being able to drive. New Radio Programs

Youth Slang in the 1930’s Popular youth culture was in many ways undaunted by the nation's troubles. The language of the young men who worked behind soda fountains--important gathering places for the young Young men who still had jobs took their hot patooties out to drag a hoof a popular swing clubs. Jazz in the thirties was hotter than ever

African American Slang in the 1930’s African-American vernacular had an immense impact on the slang of the 1930s.Jazz musicians especially defined the popular youth slang of the Depression

Using the words given on the word search what saying can you come up with?

1930’s Pop (Culture) Quiz