Snapshot of America from the 1920s to the 1940s: Domestic and Foreign

 

Issue

1920s

1930s

1940s

Domestic

 

 

 

 

Economy

 

 

 

 

 

Big Business

 

 

 

 

 

Labor

 

 

 

 

 

Age

 

 

 

 

 

Gender

 

 

 

 

 

Race

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign

 

 

 

 

Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

Middle East

 

 

 

 

 

Far East

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

President

1920-1923 W.G. Harding; 1923-1924, 1924-1928 C. Coolidge; 1928-1932 H. Hoover (Crash 1929)

1928-1932 H. Hoover (Crash 1929); 1932-1936, 1936-1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt

1940-1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt;
1943-1948, 1948-1952  HS Truman

If born in 1945

Not yet a baby boom

Not yet a baby boom but a decline

After 1945 and into 1950, baby boom/B. Spock


 

Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D.  2003-2013

 

WCJC Department:

History – Dr. Bibus

Contact Information:

281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu

Last Updated:

2013

WCJC Home:

http://www.wcjc.edu/