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The thirties in America Table of Contents

A Academy Awards Adams, Ansel Addams, Jane Adler Planetarium Administrative Reorganization Act of 1939 The Adventures of Robin Hood Advertising in Canada Advertising in African Americans Agriculture Adjustment Acts Agriculture in Canada Agriculture in United States Aid to Families with Dependent Children Air mail route scandal of 1930 Air pollution Airships Akron disaster Alcatraz federal prison Alcoholics Anonymous All Quiet on the Front American Federation of Labor American Gothic American Liberty League Amos 'n' Andy Anderson, Marian Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934 Anti-Semitism Apple Mary Archaeology Archambault Report Architecture Armstrong, Edwin H. Armstrong, Louis Art movements Asia Asian Americans Astaire, Fred Astor, Mary Astronomy Atherton Report on San Francisco police corruption Auto racing Automobiles and auto manufacturing Aviation and aeronautics Awake and Sing!

B Bank Holiday Bank of United States failure Banking Act of 1933 Banking Act of 1935 Banking in the Canada Banking in United States Barker gang Barrow, Clyde, and Bonnie Parker Bascom, Earl W. Baseball Baseball Hall of Fame, dedication of Basie, Count Basketball Bathysphere Beard, Charles A. Beatty, Clyde Bennett, Richard Bedford Benny, Jack Benton, Thomas Hart Berkeley, Busby Bethune, Mary McLeod Bingo Birth control Black Empire Black holes, theory of Black Monday Black No More Black, Hugo L. Blondie "Blondie" films Blood banks Book publishing Boulder Dam Boxing Braddock, James J. "Brains Trust" Brandeis, Louis D. Bread lines and soup kitchens Breedlove v. Suttles Bringing Up Baby Broadway musicals Brown v. Mississippi Brownlee, John Edward Buck, Pearl S. Budge, Don Business and the economy in Canada Business and the economy in United States Butler, Smedley Byrd, Richard E.

C Cagney, James Calder, Alexander Caldwell, Erskine Canada and Great Britain Canada, U.S. investments in Canadian minority communities Canadian nationalism Canadian regionalism Cancer Capone, Al Capra, Frank Car radios Carter family Carter v. Carter Coal Co. Chaplin, Charles Charlie Chan films Chemistry Chicago World's Fair The Children's Hour Christie Pits riot Chrysler Building City Lights Civil rights and liberties in Canada Civil rights and liberties in United States Civilian Conservation Corps Cleveland "torso" murders Cohan, George M. Coinage Collier, John Comic strips Commodity Credit Corporation Communications in Canada Communications in United States Communism Congress of Industrial Organizations Congress, U.S. Conservatism in U.S. politics Consumers Union of United States Contract bridge Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Corrigan, Douglas "Wrong-Way," flight Coughlin, Father Charles E. Crane, Hart Crater (Judge) disappearance Credit and debt in Canada Credit and debt in United States Crimes and scandals Curry, John Stuart Curtis, Charles Cyclotron

D Dance Davis, Bette Day of the Locust Day, Dorothy DC-3 Dean, Dizzy DeJonge v. Oregon Delaware River Project Demographics of Canada Demographics of United States Design for Living Destry Rides Again Dewey, John The Diary of a Country Priest Dick Tracy Dillinger, John Dionne quintuplets Dorsey, Tommy Dracula Drive-in theaters Dubinsky, David Du Bois, W. E. B. Dust Bowl Dutch elm disease

E Earhart, Amelia Economy Act of 1933 Ecstasy Education in Canada Education in United States Einstein, Albert Elections of 1932, U.S. Elections of 1936, U.S. Elections, Canadian Elections, midterm, U.S. Electric razors Electron microscope Elixir sulfanilamide scandal Ellington, Duke Empire State Building Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins Europe Evian Conference Export-Import Bank

F Fads Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Fallingwater house Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota Farmers' Organizations Farnsworth, Philo T. Fascism in Canada Fascism in United States Fashions and clothing Father Divine Faulkner, William Federal Communications Commission Federal Credit Union Act of 1934 Federal Emergency Relief Administration Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 Federal Housing Administration Federal National Mortgage Association Federal Power Commission Federal Reserve Board Federal Theatre Project Federal Trade Commission Federal Writers' Project Fetchit, Stepin Fibber McGee and Molly Field Guide to the Birds Fields, W. C. Film Film serials "Fireside Chats," Roosevelt's Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald, F. Scott Five Families of New York Flash Gordon Fleming, Victor Flint Sit-down Strike Floyd, Pretty Boy Fluorescent lighting Food processing Food Stamp program Football Ford Foundation Ford, Henry Ford, John Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 Foreign policy, Canadian Foreign policy, U.S. Fort Knox Fortune magazine Forty-Second Street Four Horsemen vs. Three Musketeers Foxx, Jimmie Frankenstein films Freaks Freon Frost, Robert Frozen food marketing The Functions of the Executive Fundamentalist-Modernist Conflict

G Gable, Clark Gambling Gangster films Garbo, Greta Garner, John Nance Gehrig, Lou The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money Geneva Conference of 1932 George VI visit to North America George Washington Bridge German-American Bund Gershwin, George Glass-Steagall Act "God Bless America" Goddard, Robert H. Gold Clause Cases Gold Reserve act of 1934 Golf Gone with the Wind Good Neighbor Policy Goodman, Benny Graham, Martha Grand Coulee Dam Grand Hotel Graves v. New York ex rel. O'Keefe Great Depression in Canada Great Depression in United States Great New England hurricane of 1938 The Green Pastures Greenfield Village Gropius House Grosjean v. American Press Co. Gross national product of Canada Gross national product of United States Group Theatre Grovey v. Townsend Gunther, John Guthrie, Woody

H Hague v. Congress of Industrial Organizations Hairstyles Haiti, American occupation of Hammett, Dashiell "Happy Days Are Here Again" Harlem on the Prairie Harlem Renaissance Harlow, Jean Hatch Act of 1939 Hawk's Nest Tunnel Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act Hays Code Health care in Canada Health care in United States Hearing aids Heart-lung machine Heat wave of 1931 Hellman, Lillian Hell's Angels Hellzapoppin' Hemingway, Ernest Hepburn, Katharine Hindenburg disaster Historiography of the 1930's Hobbies Hockey Holiday, Billie Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell Home furnishings Homelessness and Hoboes Homosexuality and gay rights Hoover, Herbert "" Horror films House Committee on Un-American Activities Housing in Canada Housing in United States How to Win Friends and Influence People Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes, Howard Hull, Cordell Humphrey's Executor v. United States Hutton, Betty

I "I Am" movement IBM Electric Typewriter Ickes, Harold LeClaire I'd Rather Be Right Imitation of Life Immigration to Canada Immigration to United States Income and wages in Canada Income and wages in United States Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 Inflation in Canada Inflation in United States The Informer Instant coffee Insull Utilities Trusts collapse of 1932 Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace International trade of Canada International trade of United States Inventions Invisible Man Isolationism It Happened One Night

J Japanese aggression, U.S. reaction Japanese American Citizens League Jews in Canada Jews in United States Jim Crow in the U.S. South John Muir Trail Johnson v. Zerbst Johnson, Robert Joliet Prison riot The Joy of Cooking

K Karloff, Boris Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart Kelly, Machine Gun Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act of 1934 King Kong King, William Lyon Mackenzie

L Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Labor strikes La Guardia, Fiorello Landon, Alf Lange, Dorothea The Last Mile Latin America and the Caribbean Latinos Laurel and Hardy Ledbetter, Huddie Lee, Gypsy Rose Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Lewis, John L. Lewis, Sinclair Life Begins at Forty Life magazine Li'l Abner Lincoln Continental Mark I Lindbergh baby kidnapping Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Literature in Canada Literature in United States Little Caesar Little Orphan Annie Lobotomy Economic Conference London Naval Treaty of 1930 Long Beach earthquake of 1933 Long, Huey Look magazine Louis, Joe Lovell v. City of Griffin Luce, Henry R. Luciano, Charles "Lucky" Ludlow Amendment Lynchings

M MacArthur, Douglas McDaniel, Hattie MacLeish, Archibald Magazines The Man Who Came to Dinner Manchuria, Japanese occupation of Marathon Dance Craze Marble, Alice March of Dimes Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 Marquand, John P. Marx Brothers Massie trial Medicine Memorial Day Massacre of 1937 Mencken, Henry Louis The Merry Widow Mexico Micheaux, Oscar Mickey Mouse Migrations Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act of 1934 Miller-Tydings Act of 1937 Miller, Glenn Minneapolis Teamster Strike of 1934 Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada Mr. Deeds Goes to Town "Mr. Moto" films Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Modern Corporation and Private Property Modern Times Monopoly Moody, Helen Wills Morgenthau, Henry T., Jr. Morro Castle disaster Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Muni, Paul Music: Classical Music: jazz Music: popular Mutiny on the Bounty Muzak

N Nancy Drew novels Nation of Islam Nat'l. Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People National Association of Manufacturers National Council of Negro Women National debt of United States National Film Act of 1939 National Firearms Act of 1934 National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 National Labor Relations Act of 1935 National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. National Negro Congress National Parks of Canada National Parks of United States National Recovery Administration National Wildlife Federation National Youth Administration Native Americans Natural disasters Natural Gas Act of 1938 Natural resources, exploitation of Naval forces Nazi Germany and U.S. appeasement Near v. Minnesota Nebbia v. New York Nebraska's unicameral legislature Negro Leagues Ness, Eliot Neutrality Acts Neutron star theory Nevada gambling New Deal New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann New York World's Fair Newspapers, Canadian Newspapers, U.S. Nitti, Frank Nixon v. Condon Nobel Prizes Non-Partisan League Norris-La Guardia Act North American regionalism Northrup, John Howard Nuclear fission, discovery of Nye Committee Nylon, invention of

O Odets, Clifford O'Gorman and Young v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Ohio Penitentiary fire Ohio River flood of 1937 Oklahoma Welfare Act of 1936 Olympic Games of 1932 (Summer) Olympic Games of 1932 (Winter) Olympic Games of 1936 (Summer) Olympic Games of 1936 (Winter) 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs O'Neill, Eugene Organized crime Ott, Mel Ottawa Agreements Our Town Owens, Jesse

P Palko v. Connecticut Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan Panay incident Parking meters Patterns of Culture Pauling, Linus Peace movement Pearson, Drew Pendergast, Thomas Joseph The People's Forests Perkins, Frances The Petrified Forest Philippine Independence Act of 1934 Philippine Islands Philosophy and philosophers during the 1930's Photography Physics Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937 Pluto, discovery of Polio Porgy and Bess Pornography Positron, discovery of Post, Wiley Postage stamps Prohibition, repeal of Psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis Public accommodations in Canada Public accommodations in United States Public Utilities Act of 1935 "Purge of 1938"

QR Quarantine speech, Roosevelt's Race riots Racial discrimination Radar, invention of Radio astronomy Radio in Canada Radio in United States Rand, Sally Ranger, USS Rayburn, Samuel T. RCA and the "radio trust" Recession of 1937-1938 Reciprocal Trade Act of 1936 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Recording industry Recreation refrigerators, home Religion in Canada Religion in United States Resettlement Administration Reuther, Walter P. Revenue Acts Rice, Elmer Richter scale, creation of Riggs, Bobby Rivera's Rockefeller Center mural Roberts, Owen J. Robeson, Paul Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Taylor Rockefeller Center Rocketry Rogers, Will Rooney, Mickey Roosevelt assassination attempt Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's first one hundred days Rural Electrification Act of 1935 Ruth, Babe

S St. Lawrence Seaway Treaty St. Louis incident San Francisco Bay bridges Sarzen, Gene Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States Schultz, Dutch Schuyler, George S. Science and technology Science fiction Scottsboro trials Screwball comedy Seabiscuit Securities and Exchange Commission Serenade Sex and sex education Sexually transmitted diseases Shaw, Artie Sherwood, Robert E. Shore, Eddie Simpson, Wallis Since Yesterday Sinclair, Upton Smith, Alfred E. Smith, Bessie Smoking and tobacco Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Soap Operas Soccer Social Credit Social sciences during the 1930's Social Security Act of 1935 Socialist Parties Soil Conservation Service Sons of the Pioneers Soviet Union and North America Spanish Civil War and North America Sparling, Gordon Sports in Canada Sports in United States Squalus, USS, sinking and salvage Stagecoach "Star-Spangled Banner" Steinbeck, John Stimson, Henry L. The Story of Philosophy Stromberg v. California Studs Lonigan trilogy Supermarkets Supreme Court packing plan Supreme Court, U.S.

T "Tarzan" films Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 Telephone technology and service Television technology Temple, Shirley Tennessee Valley Authority Tennis Texas school explosion of 1937 Thalberg, Irving Theater in Canada Theater in United States Theology and theologians during the 1930's The Thin Man Thomas, Norman Thousand Islands Bridge Tilden, Bill Timberline Lodge Tobacco Road Todd, Thelma Top Hat Townsend Plan Tracy, Spencer Trail smelter dispute Trans World Airline Transportation, developments in Travel in Canada Travel in United States Triborough Bridge Twentieth Amendment Twenty-First Amendment Typhus immunization, discovery of

U U.S.A. Trilogy Ultramares Corporation v. Touche Ulysses Trial Unemployment in Canada Unemployment in United States Unionism in Canada Unionism in United States United States v. Butler U.S. v. Carolene Products Co. U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. Urbanization in Canada Urbanization in United States

V Vander Meer, Johnny Vanderbilt Custody Trial Vending machines Veterans Administration Voting rights

W Wagner-Steagall Housing Act Wagner, Robert F. Walker, James John Wallace, Henry A. The War of the Worlds radio broadcast Weissmuller, Johnny West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish West, , Nathaniel Westerns Westminster, Statute of Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 Whitney Museum of American Art Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilderness Society Winter War The Wizard of Oz Wolfe, Thomas Wood, Grant Works Progress Administration war debts World War II and Canada World War II and United States Wray, Fay Wright, Frank Lloyd

XYZ Xerography, invention of The Yearling You Can't Take It with You Young Mr. Lincoln Zangara, Giuseppe

Appendixes Entertainment: Academy Awards for Films Entert.: Major Broadway Plays and Awards Entertainment: Major films of the 1930's Entertainment: Major Radio Programs Glossary Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation Legislation: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Literature: Best-Selling Books in U.S. Music: Popular Musicians Music: Top-Selling U.S. Recordings Sports: Winners of Major Events Time Line