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    American Fashions were effected by the great market crash of 1929 and influenced by Hollywood and the movies. At this time Americans wanted to escape from the reality of not having any available jobs and money to a world of glamor. The 1930’s highlighted the female form with a more gentle ladylike appearance with curves and waistlines emphasized . Cloche hats were popular in the previous years which hid the foreheads ‚ this decade small plate shape hats were seen everywhere. Women clothes were sweet

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    Farm Life in the 1930’s Questions I have always lived on a farm for the majority of my life. Nowadays life now on a farm for me is much more different then how life was back then. The kids back then had it tough too they most likely had to work all day on the fields and your future was already determined once you were born. Just because there was no one else to take over the farm once your dad got too old or incapable to work. So with this said you were going to take up on you fathers trade

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    The Dustbowl of America in the 1930’s The Dust Bowl of North America was a disaster in the early 1930’s when huge parts of the Midwestern and Western farmlands of America became wastelands. This happened due to a series of dry years‚ which agreed‚ with the extension of agriculture in unsuitable lands. Droughts and dust storms caused by poor labor practice troubled farms and ranches of the Great Plains; causing a great migration of its people to other‚ more fertile‚ lands. The problem had become

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    Sports in the 1930’s The 1930’s was a rough time for all of America. Experiencing a drought‚ the stock market crash‚ and it was overall a time of major poverty. This was the time of the great depression‚an economical and industrial slump in 1929 and the upcoming years. Through all of this‚ they needed some sort of leisure or entertainment. This is where sports come into place. Sports like basketball‚ baseball‚ and boxing were just a few athletic examples that were an important part of the decade

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    Prohibition in USA in the 1900’s The prohibition was brought on by the strong temperance movement happening in America in the early 1900’s. These groups were devout Christians who vowed to be sober as they saw the affect alcohol had on families. But the members of this movement campaigned for everyone to give up alcohol. The arguments of the Temperance groups were so strong that they eventually convinced state governments to prohibit the sale and produce of alcohol in their state. Politicians backed

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    1920s and 1930s only have a ten-year difference the 1929 stock crash in New York distinguishes the years very differently. Cinderella Man follows the story of James Braddock‚ a popular boxer during the Roaring Twenties‚ and the Cinderella Man during the Great Depression. The opening scene is of James punching Tuffy Griffith in the face at Madison Square Garden on November 30‚ 1928. James has a different life in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1920s the life of James is bright‚ in the 1930s the struggle

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    The Sale of Goods Act, 1930

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    Contract Act‚ 1872. Subsequently‚ it was separated with the Indian Sale of Goods Bill‚ which received its assent on 15th‚ March 1930. It came into force on the 1st of July‚ 1930 as the Indian Sale of Goods Act‚ 1930. In due course‚ the word “Indian” was omitted by the Indian Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act‚ 1963 (33 of 1965) and it became “The Sale of Goods Act‚ 1930”. This Act lays down special provisions governing the contract of sale of goods but it does not altogether render the general

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    Communication 1930s and 1990s Communication and technology has grown over the past few decades after making of the first phone. The 1930’s wasn’t a very communicational or technological decade. On the other hand‚ the 1990’s was a very erupting decade with technology and communications. There are major differences between those two decades including phones‚ how mail is distributed‚ and how to inform people. The 1930s was a very poor time due to the economy outburst in the market. One communicational

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    described are all examples of different styles of clothing in the 1930’s. These fads were all the usually worn outfits of this era. Men and women’s fashion and trends were set and inspired by Hollywood star’s appearance on television. “Because of the need to save money‚ the average women could no longer buy new clothes every few months. Instead‚ they had to remake the clothes they already had‚ reusing any material that was on-hand.” (1930’s Fashion for Women‚ n.p.) The Great Depression brought a large

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    Ðuraškovic (2014) discussed both the Great Depression of the 1930’s and the most recent global economic crisis in 2008. According to Ðuraškovic (2014)‚ the lessons learned in the Great Depression of the 1930’s set some standards and taught some important lessons which prepared for and help through the global economic crisis in 2008. To better understand the most recent economic crisis‚ this paper will summarize Ðuraškovic’s (2014) academic article. In the 1920’s the United States underwent what

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