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| Cole Porter | during the 1930s he wrote Musicals such as: "Anything Goes", "Kiss Me, Kate", |
| Duke Ellington | jazz artist of 1930s - wrote "Take the A Train", part of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | when her husband became ill from Polio, she became the President's (FDR's) voice & ears |
| FDR | often used to refer to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Fiorello LaGuardia | mayor of NYC during the 1930s - was for govt. spending to create jobs, get the economy going; low interest housing created, subway system expanded |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | President of the US during the 1930s & 1940s - his "New Deal" led the US out of the Great Depression |
| George Gershwin | a 1930s composer - he wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| John Maynard Keynes | an economist - he said Governments should spend money to get the economy going - "for Federal Spending" |
| John Steinbeck | wrote about the 1930s (Depression Era) "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| Karl Marx | an economist - he was for a worker's revolution; said workers were being "used" by their employers |
| Langston Hughes | wrote about injustices being done to African-Americans in the 1930s - said African-Amercans not being treated fairly |
| Louis Satchmo Armstrong | a jazz musician of the 1930s - trumpet player |
| Mickey Mouse | a 1930s Walt Disney creation - a cartoon which came to life - enjoyable escapism |
| President Herbert Hoover | President in late 1920s/early 1930s - when the Great Depression occurred |
| Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs | another Disney creation- about good overcoming evil, human characteristics mixed with cartoon characters |
| Superman | 1930s escapism - written about in Comic Books - the super hero saves the day |
| Walt Disney | a 1930s cartoonist - he brought joy to millions during the Great Depression & long afterwards to the present |
| Willa Cather | female writer of 1930s - wrote about women's life in the Midwest - the changing of immigrants to becoming Americans |
