1937
Late Depression era
1937 refers to the year between 1936 and 1938.
Years function as nouns identifying specific points in time: The Spanish Civil War was raging in 1937.
They also work as adjectives modifying nouns: a 1937 Ford, the 1937 flood.
Context usually makes clear whether a number refers to a year or some other quantity.
Ill-fated German dirigible
- GuernicaBasque town attacked aerially
- Golden Gate BridgeFamous California suspension crossing
- Dust BowlThirties prairie ecological collapse
- LakehurstNaval air station, Jersey
Grimm's fairest maiden
- The HobbitFantasy novel about halflings
- PicassoSpanish cubism co-founder
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- Golden Age of HollywoodStudio system's peak decades
Steinbeck · Tolkien · Benny Goodman · Life magazine · Joe Louis · Amelia Earhart · Lost Horizon
Depression-era presidential initials
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- court-packingAdding judges for political gain
Neville Chamberlain · Social Security · isolationism · rearmament · collective security · fascism · Baldwin · Imperial Japan
Stretched or strained state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- militarizationAdapting for warfare purposes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
diplomacy · autarky · arms race · pacifism · sanctions · refugees · totalitarianism · expansionism
Hindenburg
Ill-fated German dirigible
- GuernicaBasque town attacked aerially
- Golden Gate BridgeFamous California suspension crossing
- Dust BowlThirties prairie ecological collapse
Snow White
Grimm's fairest maiden
- The HobbitFantasy novel about halflings
- PicassoSpanish cubism co-founder
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
Golden Age of Hollywood · Steinbeck · Tolkien · Benny Goodman · Life magazine · Joe Louis · Amelia Earhart · Lost Horizon
FDR
Depression-era presidential initials
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
Neville Chamberlain · court-packing · Social Security · isolationism · rearmament · collective security · fascism · Baldwin · Imperial Japan · Franco
tension
Stretched or strained state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- militarizationAdapting for warfare purposes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
nationalism · diplomacy · autarky · arms race · pacifism · sanctions · refugees · totalitarianism · expansionism · Rhineland
19371929
Stock market crash year
1926 · 1955 · 1965 · prosperity · economic boom