Existing comment:
1927-1929:
The National Origins Act was passed. It limited the immigration of Asians and Eastern European Jews into the United States.
The Classic Theater was opened in Dayton during 1927 for black theater-goers excluded from Dayton's white theaters.
The term "apartheid" (separation of the races) was first used in South Africa in 1929.
Stock market fall triggered a worldwide depression. German economic system collapsed.
General strike took place after members of the Nazi Party were acquitted of political murder.
1930-1932:
The worldwide depression continued, many businesses failed and 18 percent of the German population was unemployed. Hunger became common in Germany.
German population had grown to 36 million people. Very few of these people belonged to either religious or racial minority groups. The Jews were the largest religious minority, numbering less than 1 percent of German's total population.
The Nazi Party grew rapidly. With 800,000 members by 1930, it received 11 percent of the German vote. In 1932 they received 1 million votes, enough to lead Germany in a coalition government.
In February of 1932, California authorities began to round up and force Hispanics onto trains leaving for Mexico. By the end of the year, over 11,000 had been forcibly deported. |