1. Heroes of the Great Depression

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

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

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

5. 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

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

8. 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

12. 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

13. V) Entertainers
A) Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire

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

15. C) Marx Brothers: Comedy team

16. Superman and Batman

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

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

19. 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)