Culture in the 1930’s

1. Culture in the 1930’s • 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 1930’s • 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: didn’t do enough to ______________economy, end ____________ • Supporters: did help country recover from economic difficulties

6. Expanding Government’s 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 farmer’s ___________, 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 _______________________.