Transcript America in the 1920s Sport Mania - Roqeeb Giwa E

AMERICA IN THE
1920S
SPORT MANIA
Roqeeb Giwa
3/3/2013
LEISURE TIME
 Americans
was a new country in the
1920S
 Due to the New laws Americans had
more Leisure Time.
 Leisure Time are extra time for
relaxation and time spent to have
fun.
SPORTS IN AMERICA
American now had time to go to the movies,
opera, and watch sports and etc.
 The 1920s became known as the “Age of Play”, a
time when sports became famous and loved in
America.
 Sports like boxing, baseball, football etc. were
really famous back in the 1920s.
 People like Babe Ruth, Harold Grange, Jack
Dempsey etc. are famous sport athletes back in
the 1920s.

BASEBALL
Baseball was not really famous in America until
the 1920s
 Baseball was so popular in America it became
known as America’s pastime.
 Famous baseball players were people like Babe
Ruth, Satchel Paige, Jim Crow etc.
 Famous baseball teams in the 1920s were the
Yankees, Red sox etc.
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BABE RUTH
 Babe
Ruth was a very famous baseball
player in the 1920s
 He first played for the Boston Red Sox
then he got traded to the New York
Yankees.
 Babe Ruth was not really famous until he
moved to the New York Yankees.
 In the 1920 Babe Ruth broke a lot of
major league record by hitting a lot of
home runs.
RESOURCES
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2000/20
001020001br/0000v.jpg
 http://fosterhoneng11fourthblock.wikispaces.com/
file/view/babe.jpg/31935787/babe.jpg
 http://ted.coe.wayne.edu/sse/wq/Becker/docume5.j
pg
 http://spartanhistory.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/1/
4/1-4-AF-49-sportsHistory-a0a0s7-a_13864.jpg
 http://uploads.static.vosizneias.com/2011/06/ba4.j
pg
 http://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app
 Student Handout 1.4A, Information on Sports
Mania
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