PEOPLE OF THE THIRTIES By Taylor Sharp, McKenna Gernander, Martha Krawczynski

Shirley Temple Was born on April 23 rd, 1928 “Shone through the clouds of the depression years” Her first appearance was in 1932 Became a #1 box office in U.S./Britain Her salary rose to $100,000 per movie “Baby Take a Bow” got her a Fox contract Little girls around the US wanted to be like her In movies, she was usually placed as an orphan in a horrible and her joy would “rescue” the adults She dances, acts, and sings

Lou Gehrig Was the star player of the Yankees in the 1930’s During his career as a Yankee he: Played 2,130consecutive games hit 493 home runs Won 6 world championships hit 4 home runs in one game Got 2 MVP awards Won a Triple Crown in 1934 Was known as the “Iron Horse” because he played through injuries such as: Back spasms Broken toe Broken thumb 17 different hand fractures

Lou Gehrig In 1939 he was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease He announced it to the crowd of his last baseball game and said: “Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth” The muscle disease is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALA) The nickname for it is “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” The disease: Breaks down tissues in the nervous system Affects the nerves responsible for movement Makes you lose the ability to move any muscle in the body

Franklin Roosevelt ◦ ( ) ◦ Second president during the Great Depression ◦ Started the New Deal ◦ Created programs ◦ Social Security ◦ Becomes “War President” ◦ Very wealthy family ◦ Was taught public service is important

Herbert Hoover ◦ ( ) ◦ President when the depression started ◦ Stock market crashed in Oct ◦ Waited for the businesses to figure something out ◦ In 1932 he started helping out ◦ Gave out laws ◦ Worked out relations with Latin America or other places ◦ Gave out laws on foreign policy ◦ Last 4 months bank failures and unemployment failed ◦ New law passed saying that his election had to end earlier

Mary McLeod Bethune ◦ Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, on July 20, 1875 ◦ In 1904 she moved to Daytona, Florida, where she created a school for African American girls. ◦ The school merged to form Bethune-Cookman College in 1929 ◦ A Founder of the National Council of Negro Women in 1939 ◦ Recruited to the Federal Council of Negro Affairs ◦ Helped establish “Black Cabinet” ◦ Pushed to get blacks included in the New Deal programs.

William H. Hastie ◦ Born November 17, 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ◦ Was a high ranking official in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt ◦ Chosen by Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, to serve as assistant solicitor. ◦ One of his tasks was to reorganize the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands ◦ Served as federal district judge from 1937 to 1939 ◦ Appointed by Roosevelt to judgeship. He was the first African American to serve of the federal bench. ◦ Became involved in the March of Washington. ◦ Served as governor of the Virgin Island until his retirement in 1971.

News Elections Hoover and Roosevelts elections were all over the news Radios Changed the energy in the depression People listened to the news to find more about these people Everything that happened in the elections was on the news

News New deal Hoover spoke on the news to explain it Told everyone all the concepts about it Explained why he was doing this Also new laws Told people what was going to happen Why they were introduced