In this time period money was beginning to be scare so people had to find their own entertainment. They would ofter listen to the radio, go to the movies, or had nice fireside chats. This was the time when "mystery novel continued as people escaped into books, reading writers like Agatha Christie, Dashielle Hammett, and Raymond Chandler" (American Cultural History).
During this time period economic reform and concerns dominated the political agenda for those around the nation. Many leaned towards the elderly for advice to try to figure out a way to get out of the worsening economy. Shanty towns blossomed up around the nation and were often given the name, Hoovervilles. This was the era of the beginning of rough times through out the nation. One of the national disasters that happened during this time was the Dust Bowl in Kansas, the Southern Plains of Texas, and Oklahoma. The farmers lived through ten years of "drought, dust, disease and death" which was the springboard to the next era of the great depression.
References:
American Cultural History. (2011). American Cultural History- 1930-1930. Retrieved on November 27, 2011 from http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade30.html.
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