The Quiz: The height of the Golden Age of Hollywood coincided with what?
The Civil War
The Great Depression
The Vietnam War
The Mexican-American War
Though it might seem counterintuitive, the height of Hollywood films coincided with one of the most difficult times in American history: the Great Depression. The glitz and glamor of American cinema began in the 1910s with silent films. It reached its height in the 1930s with films like “Gone with the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz.” Although the crippled economy drained the wallets of Americans, it’s estimated that around 80 million people still went to the movies each week to escape the problems of daily life during the Great Depression.
The correct answer to this quiz is The Great Depression.