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Americans at Leisure Chapter 20 Section 3. Words to Know Soap Opera: A daytime radio show that was paid for by soap companies Soap Opera: A daytime radio.

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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 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. 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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