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Article: 1930-1939.(Nation)(The American Century)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 24, 1999
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IN 1941, TIME MAGAZINE EDITOR HENRY LUCE DUBBED THE 20TH CENTURY "THE AMERICAN CENTURY." IN THE ADVENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WILL EXAMINE DECADE BY DECADE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS, INDIVIDUALS, ISSUES AND SOCIAL TRENDS THAT HAVE SHAPED "THE AMERICAN CENTURY." THIS FEATURE WILL APPEAR ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
Hardship at home and conflict abroad summed up the experience of many Americans in the 1930s. As foreign hostilities brewed (Germany, Italy, Japan), America travailed through the hard times of the Great Depression. Dust Bowl farmers sought a harvest of hope in the fields of
California. Leaders (Franklin ...