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Franklin Roosevelt 12 years in office
1. was president in great depression and world war two
2. his term ended on his death in 1945
3. the war visibly aged him -
WWII was the bloodiest war in human history with 70-80 million deaths which at the time was about 3% of the population dead.
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The #1 movie of the 40s was boom town. -
The 1941 dodge custom town
1. it was $1000 which is about $16000 now
2. 72067 cars were made.- it was most commonly black
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The most popular sport was boxing, and one of the best was Joe Louis
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The slinky was most popular in the 1940s, when it was made it sold its entire inventory of 400 in 90 minutes which is very impressive when you think about it -
There were many popular cloths such as overalls which were popular around 1944
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The most popular Radio Show was The Baby Snooks Show.
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The atomic bomb, "little boy" and "fat man"
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings killed thousands. They are what made japan surrender (along with them losing the wars they were in). -
Bing Crosby was most popular and his biggest hit was white Christmas -
James Stewart was most popular in the early 50s but he was also popular in the 40s. he also joined the army