History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1385 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Movies in Hard Times
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The idea
Movie tickets cost twenty-five cents, and attendance dipped early in the Depression before recovering, the anchor says.
In practice
Audiences paying for a few hours of escape from hard times.
Where people slip
Films often linked to the Depression, such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Grapes of Wrath, came in nineteen thirty-nine and nineteen forty, after this unit's years.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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