Heroes of the Great Depression

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Heroes of the Great Depression

I) Movies A) 5 cents B) Seen as escape

Wizard of Oz Happy/Hopeful “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

Gone with the Wind Scarlett’s house destroyed during Civil War Reconstruction: hard time for South End: Life changes, survives Offers hope

II) Joe Louis A) Heavy Weight Champion of the World B) Fights German Max Schmeling Schmeling: “I would not take this fight if I did not believe that I, a white man, can beat a Negro.” Seen as Germany vs America, Black vs White

II) Joe Louis Louis wins in 2:04 Becomes national Hero

III) Jesse Owens A) 1936 Olympics Berlin, Germany B) Hitler in charge Proclaimed Germans as best Wanted white athletes to win C) Owens African American Wins 4 gold medals: 100m, 200m 4x100 Relay, Long Jump

IV) Amelia Earhart A) 1st women: Transatlantic fight Fly solo across Atlantic (1931) Fly solo from Hawaii to US (1935) B) 1937: Attempts to fly around world, disappears

V) Entertainers A) Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire

B) Shirley Temple: (played orphan with big heart/positive outlook)

C) Marx Brothers: Comedy team

Superman and Batman

VI) Baseball Players A) Jimmie Fox First Basemen, Philadelphia A’s First World Series of Great Depression

VI) Baseball Players B) Lou Gehrig Centerfielder, New York Yankees Four World Series titles, MVP (1939), All Star all decade

Other Heroes Athletes Ty Cobb (Baseball) Jack Dempsey (Boxer) Actors/Actresses Clark Gable (Gone with the Wind) Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind) Judy Garland (The Wizard of Oz) Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz) Gene Autry (Performer) James Cagney (Actor and Dancer) Political Figures Franklin D. Roosevelt (President) Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady) Huey P. Long (Governor, Senator) Authors Upton Sinclair (Writer) Lorena Hickok (Reporter) Other Charles Coughlin (Minister) Francis Townsend (Physician) Charles Darrow (Game inventor) J. Paul Getty (Businessman)