Answer:
not having money and standing in bread lines.
Explanation:
The common problem described in popular music of the 1930s was not having money and standing in bread lines . This was because it was during the period of Great Depression after the war.
It was characterized by poverty and joblessness in the country. This however changed as many reforms and laws were later being put in place to change the situation.
They had to fill in for men. They had to work hard in mines, shoppes, ect. They were working to fill in for their husbands plus their jobs in the homes.
Answer: Reagan did not stop communism (communism never existed and its ideology is still here....there are many communist parties all over the world which is quite surprising and incredible) but practiced very well Kennan´s strategy of "containment". Communism itself underwent serious crises (1956 Hungary, 1968 Czechoslovakia, 80s in Poland) ...in 1980s there was a lot of dissatisfaction in the Eastern block, anti-communist opposition was growing and USSR became aware that reforms are necessary. Gorbatchev (from 1985) was really aware that the communist regimes are no longer sustainable. There were various factors.
Explanation: communist regimes exhausted themselves, nothing worked....economically and ideologically as well. That was something which helped very much to Reagan.