Roaring Twenties & Great Depression

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Category
United States
Begin
1920
End
1939
Region
North America
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The almost simultaneous victory of nationalist, war-like, and actively aggressive regimes in two major military powers--Japan (1931) and Germany (1933)--constituted the most far-reaching and sinister political consequence of the Great Depression. The gates to the Second World War were opened in 1931." [Hobsbawm: Extremes, p. 104]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
18th Amendment to American Constitution--Prohibition era begins and lasts 13 years
Government
1920
Trial held to test right of John Scopes to teach evolution in Tennessee schools
Education
1925
Empire State Building opens in New York as the world's tallest building
Architecture
1931
President Roosevelt launches New Deal
Government
1933
Roosevelt's inaugural address: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Government
1933

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
The Grapes of Wrath
Historical
1940
East of Eden
Historical
1955
Some Like It Hot
Historical
1959
Bonnie and Clyde
Historical
1967
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Historical
1973
The Razor's Edge
Historical
1984
Journey of Natty Gann
Historical
1985
The Untouchables
Historical
1987
Hoffa
Historical
1992
Chaplin: The Movie
Historical
1992
Of Mice and Men
Historical
1992
The Cider House Rules
Historical
1999
American Experience: The Rockefellers
Documentary
2000
The Aviator
Historical
2004
Warm Springs
Historical
2005
Changeling
Historical
2008
Mildred Pierce
Miniseries
2011
J. Edgar
Historical
2011
The Immigrant
Historical
2013
The Great Gatsby
Historical
2013
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Historical
2013
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Documentary
2014
Little Boy
Historical
2015
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Historical
2015
Race
Historical
2016
The Power of the Dog
Historical
2021