Culture of the 1930's

Culture of the 1930's

Duke Ellington NOTES

• Jazz developed into a new kind of music called SWING or BIG BAND.

• Duke Ellington played the piano.

Jessie Owen NOTES

• Jesse Owens was an athlete (track and field).

• He won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

• Adolf Hitler was angry because he thought black people were "less than".

Margret Mitchell NOTES

• Margret Mitchell was an author.

• She wrote one of the most popular novels of all time: Gone With the Wind.

Gone With the Wind NOTES

• The main character is Scarlett O'Hara. The story tells about her struggles in the South during the Civil War.

• The book was later made into a movie.

Multiple Choice

Because the value of stocks decreased thousands of people and business lost money?

• Stock Market

• Economy Crash

• Market Crash

• Stock Market Crash

Multiple Choice

This programs hired people to build streets, parks, libraries, and schools?

• New Deal

• Great Deppression

• WPA (works progress administration)

• People

Multiple Choice

This was a natural disaster that included 350 storms that blew away topsoil making it very hard for farmers to grow crops?

• Dust Bowl

• Hurricane

• Dust Storm

• Tornado

Multiple Choice

Writer who wrote Gone With the Wind?

• R.L Stine

• JK Rowlings

• Margert Mitchel

• Beverly Cleary

Multiple Choice

A Program started by Franklin Roosevelt, because of the hard economic times during the great depression?

• New Deal

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Dust Bowl

• Stock Market Crash

Multiple Choice

Jazz composer musician during the 1920's, who played the piano?

• Louis Armstrong

• Jesse Owens

• Duke Ellington

• Margaret Mitchell

Multiple Choice

Track Star from 1930's

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Jesse Owens

• Herbert Hoover