1930s
Dust Bowl decade
The 1930s refers to the decade spanning 1930 through 1939.
Like other decade terms, it can describe the period historically the Great Depression defined the 1930s or someone's age She's in her 1930s (though this usage is rare, since few people live that long).
Also written as 1930's or thirties.
Sudden violent impact
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- breadlineQueue for free food
- HoovervilleDepression-era squatter camp
- FDRDepression-era presidential initials
poverty · foreclosure · bankruptcy · deflation · recession · austerity · shantytown · relief
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- repealAnnul a statute
- rumrunningSmuggling illicit alcohol
temperance · smuggling · gangster · raid · racketeer · Scarface
Twenties unconventional young woman
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
- newsreelShort theatrical news film
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- gramophoneDisc-playing sound machine
Prolonged water scarcity
- duststormsViolent wind-borne soil clouds
- OkiesDust Bowl refugees, informally
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- erosionGradual wearing away
FSA · desertification · resettlement · agriculture · migration · sharecropper
Aircraft with two wing levels
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- FordMajor American automaker
- BugattiFrench luxury automaker
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
transatlantic · Hindenburg · streamliner · Duesenberg · oceangoing · railcar · dirigible
crash
Sudden violent impact
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- breadlineQueue for free food
- HoovervilleDepression-era squatter camp
FDR · poverty · foreclosure · bankruptcy · deflation · recession · austerity · shantytown · relief · hardship
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- repealAnnul a statute
rumrunning · temperance · smuggling · gangster · raid · racketeer · Scarface
flapper
Twenties unconventional young woman
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
- newsreelShort theatrical news film
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
gramophone · Hindenburg · cloche · Shirley Temple · Marx Brothers
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- duststormsViolent wind-borne soil clouds
- OkiesDust Bowl refugees, informally
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
erosion · FSA · desertification · resettlement · agriculture · migration · sharecropper
biplane
Aircraft with two wing levels
locomotive · transatlantic · Hindenburg · streamliner · Duesenberg · oceangoing · railcar · dirigible
geometric
Relating to mathematical shapes
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- chromeReflective metal coating
- sunburstRadial ray pattern
ziggurat · Bakelite · terrazzo · skyscraper · lacquer · symmetry · chevron · frieze · gilding · inlay
Jitterbug
Simplified phone for seniors
1930sRoaring Twenties
Prosperous 1920s era
economic boom · 1920s · prosperity · Jazz Age · Gilded Age
1930s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
the present · 21st century · modern era · today · now
1930sRoaring Twenties
Prosperous 1920s era
Swinging Sixties · Jazz Age · disco era · Summer of Love · gilded age
- September 1939WWII's opening month