The 1930s in U.S. History

Media designed to reach a large audience: radio broadcast and Film.

• Mass Media

• Isolated media

• small scale media

• local media

People sharing the same information and enjoying the same entertainment.

• Popular Culture

• Media

• Nativism

• Fundementalism

Walt Disney began producing this form of film with the icon Mickey Mouse.

• Animated Films

• Silent Film

• "Talkies"

Rudolph Valentino, a sex icon for many women in the 1930s, when he died....

• No one came to his funeral, showing that film was not very popular.

• 10,000 women came to his funeral, showing how powerful film stars were.

• His films were no longer popular.

Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart became American heroes when they...

• Were the first to fly across the Atlantic ocean.

• Were the first to scale the rocky mountains

• were the first to fly planes.

What was the most popular music in the 1930s, thanks to many Black musicians.

• Jazz Music

• Hip-Hop

• Country

• classical

What two sports became very popular in the 1920s? pick two.

• Football

• Baseball

• Hockey

• basketball

World famous baseball player for the New York Yankees.

• Babe Ruth

• Red Grange

• Mikey Stillwater

What is true of Black baseball players? African-Americans were excluded from all-white baseball leagues, so they created their own league..

• African-Americans were excluded from all-white baseball leagues and created their own "Negro Leauge".

• Black players did not have the skills needed to play in the major leagues of baseball.

• Black players were not interested in playing baseball.

stock prices dropped in the fall of 1929 because...

• there was new stock available.

• no one was selling their stock.

• Investors panicked and sold off all their stocks.

• the stock market was stable.