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Americans at Leisure

Americans at Leisure. Chapter 20 Section 3. Words to Know. Soap Opera : A daytime radio show that was paid for by soap companies Anti-Semitism : That practice of hating Jewish people simply because they are Jewish. Movies and Radio.

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Americans at Leisure

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  1. Americans at Leisure Chapter 20 Section 3

  2. Words to Know • Soap Opera: A daytime radio show that was paid for by soap companies • Anti-Semitism: That practice of hating Jewish people simply because they are Jewish.

  3. Movies and Radio • During 1930’s people had the need to escape from their problems: • Movies, radio shows, and books become popular • Many reasons why people went to the movies during the GD: • Forget about world around them • 25 cents • Could sit through 2 full-length films • Popular actors at the time: • Errol Flynn • Clark Gable • Cary Grant • Spencer Tracey • Joan Crawford • Greta Garbo • Jean Harlow • Katherine Hepburn

  4. Popular Movies Comedies Marx Brothers Laurel and Hardy Action King Kong The Adventures of Robin Hood Musicals Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Dramas The Wizard of Oz

  5. Radio • People spent free time listening • Families gathered around the radio to listen to: • Comedy shows • Westerns • Soap operas

  6. Books • Many people read books for the same reasons they watched movies: • Escape from their lives • Some writers used GD as a theme in their works: • The Grapes of Wrath: • Tells the story of Dust Bowlers who leave Oklahoma to move to Cali.

  7. Athletes and Heroes Baseball Lou Gehrig Dizzy Dean Joe DiMaggio Football Sid Luckman Bronco Nagurski Negro Leagues Satchel Paige Josh Gibson

  8. 1932 • LA Olympic Games • Would people have enough money to spend on the games? • Games were held and people went • 100,000 people watched • Babe Didrikson star of the show

  9. 1936 • Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany: • Hitler leader of Germany • Spread Anti-Semitism • Hitler believed white athletes were better than AA athletes • Jesse Owens: • Star of the show • Won 4 gold medals • Proved Hitler wrong: • Owens was an AA

  10. Class Work Chapter 20 Section 3 Crossword

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