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Chapter 20 Section 3. Americans at Leisure. ESCAPE. MOVIES. RADIO SHOWS. 1) During the 1930s, people need to ___________________ from their problems. ________________, ____________________ and __________________ were popular.
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Chapter 20 Section 3 Americans at Leisure
ESCAPE MOVIES RADIO SHOWS 1) During the 1930s, people need to ___________________ from their problems. ________________, ____________________ and __________________ were popular. 2) ___________________ were the best way to forget about the world. They were only ______________ and people could sit through two movies. They also had handsome ________________ men and ____________________ actresses BOOKS MOVIES 25¢ LEADING BEAUTIFUL
ERROL FLYNN, CLARK GABLE, CARY GRANT, SPENCER TRACY, STAN LAUREL, OLIVER HARDY, W.C. FIELDS, THE MARX BROTHERS, FRED ASTAIRE Actors: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Actresses: ____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ JOAN CRAWFORD, GRETA GARBO, JEAN HARLOW, KATHERINE HEPBURN, GINGER ROGERS, JUDY GARLAND
3) Two of the most popular movies of the time were: __________________________________ 4) People listened to the ______________. Families gathered around them to listen to ________________, __________________ and ________________________ GONE WITH THE WIND, THE WIZARD OF OZ RADIO COMEDY SHOWS WESTERNS SOAP OPERAS
ESCAPE 5) People also read books to ___________ from the hardships of life. Popular books were: ____________________________________________________________________ GONE WITH THE WIND, THE GOOD EARTH, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
BASEBALL FOOTBALL 6) Sports such as __________________ and ____________________ were popular. Players: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ JOE DIMAGGIO, LOU GEHRIG, DIZZY DEAN WHIZZER WHITE, SID LUCKMAN, BRONKO NAGARSKI
AFRICAN AMERICANS 7) _______________________ were not allowed in Major League Baseball at the time. They played in the “___________” Leagues. Famous players: ____________________________________________________________________ NEGRO LEROY ROBERT “SATCHEL” PAIGE, JOSH GIBSON, AND “COOL PAPA” BELL
OLYMPIC GAMES 8) 1932 – The ______________________ took place in Los Angeles. Famous female athlete: ________________________________ in track and field MILDRED “BABE” DIDRIKSON
MUNICH, GERMANY ADOLF HITLER 9) 1936 – the games were held in ______________________________. __________________________ was spreading Anti-Semitism (the hatred of Jews). He also believed that ______________ athletes were better than black athletes. _________________________ proved Hitler wrong by winning _______ gold medals. ___________________ walked out of the games instead of congratulating him for his accomplishments. WHITE JESSE OWENS 4 HITLER
