Major Figures During the Great Depression By: Taran Pathak Nathaniel Page Alex Stolarczyk
Politicians Nathaniel Page
Politicians of the 1930’s Herbert Hoover -The 31 st President of the United States FDR -The 32 nd President of the United States Adolf Hitler -Dictator of Nazi Germany
Herbert Hoover Shaky Election Bad Information Tariffs Bonus Army Last Ditch Effort One big joke Persistent candidate
Franklin D. Roosevelt Big election “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” - FDR, First Inaugural Address Into Chaos Guarded, Curious Response No more Laissez Faire Bad Beginnings… or not?
More of Franklin D. Roosevelt Go to Work Save the Savings Prevention Foreign Policy Influence
Adolf Hitler Big German Recession Bribery Prejudice WWII Improvement in the USA
Sports Alex Stolarczyk
Sports during 1930’s Many records broken Many titles earned Economy crash affects sports African Americans and women allowed
Babe Ruth Star baseball player on Yankees Hit 714 career home runs “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world” content/uploads/2012/10/Babe-Ruth-New-York-Yankees- baseball-bat-swing.png
Lou Gehrig Highest paid sports player during depression Won a triple crown Died from ALS in 1941 “Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this Earth”
Babe Didrikson First female star of Olympics Named greatest female athlete of the half century “The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.” aboutdotcom.jpg
Seabiscuit Race horse Red Pollard was his racer/trainer Labeled one of the greatest horses of all time e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_160.jpg
Jesse Owens Won 4 gold medals at the Olympics Raised moral for black athletes Considered most important sports story of the century “For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world” owens/images/1935_owens_jesse.jpg
Movies Taran Pathak
Movies in the 1930s Wide variety… from Horror to Dramas Originally silent Live orchestras at theaters Talkies were introduced in mid 1930s
Actors/Actresses Charlie Chaplin – (1889 – 1977) – Most iconic actor during this era. – Started Age 12, became popular in the 20s – Created Autobiography Joan Crawford – (1905 – 1977) – Started as a Child, became popular in the 30s – Acted all the way to the 70s – Called “Americas Sweetheart”
Jenny CrawfordCharlie Chaplin
Music Taran Pathak
Music 30s was a time of free time and leisure Music revolutionized Jazz and blues was big and upcoming Popular musicians like Guy Lambardo and Louis Armstrong People would take part in dance marathons