THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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He fought for workers’ rights in the CCC.
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He won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1937 novel.
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He brought jazz music to national attention.
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He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jesse Owens was an American athlete. He is best remembered for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won gold medals in the long jump, the 100-and 200-metre dashes, and the 4 x 100-metre relay. He was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Detailed explanation-2: -With his victories in track and field, Owens had proved the Nazi dictator’s racist theories wrong, and in doing so, had become not only an Olympic gold medal winner but an American hero. Click for Olympic photo gallery.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jesse Owens was an American athlete. He is best remembered for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won gold medals in the long jump, the 100-and 200-metre dashes, and the 4 x 100-metre relay. He was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Detailed explanation-4: -Owens eventually asked Germany to replace his gold medals, which he said were lost. These replacement medals are in a museum at his alma mater, Ohio State University. Owens also hit his stride in the 1960s, making money promoting physical education and as an Olympic goodwill ambassador.
Detailed explanation-5: -On August 3, 1936, he won the first of four gold medals in the following categories: 100 meter, 200 meter, the long jump, and 4 × 100 meter relay. Owens was the most successful athlete at those Olympic games, and as a black man, he dispelled Adolf Hitler’s idea of Aryan supremacy.