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Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________ Period: ______
America: The Story of Us
Bust ~ Episode 9
1. By 1929, more money was spent on advertising than on what?
2. What was the name of the man who is about to shake America’s confidence in
its banks to its very core?
3. What happened by mid-afternoon at the bank?
4. What ultimately happened to the Bank of the United States the next day?
5. By 1933, there were 28 states without what?
6. What did the federal government give the go ahead to build on March 4, 1941?
7. How did men get poisoned in the tunnels at Hoover Dam?
8. How did Frank Crowe deal with the heat and hardening of the concrete?
9. What town did the Hoover Dam workers go to drink and gamble at?
10. What was the worst environmental disaster in United States history?
11. When cattle died, what were in the stomachs of the cows?
12. By 1936, how much money were farmers losing a day as a result of this environmental catastrophe?
13. What was one of the few things to bring comfort to those who stay?
14. What monument was created with the blasting of solid rock?
15. What created the unexpected blast to the dynamite while Bill Reynolds was working?
16. What 4 presidents are featured on this monument?
a. _________________________
c. _________________________
b. _________________________
d. _________________________
17. What did it take to pull America out of its economic slump?
18. How many people listened to the Joe Louis (United States) and Max Schmeling (Germany) fight?
19. Who won the fight?
20. Seventy million people tuned in via radio across the country. How many around the world tuned in?
21. How many seconds did it take for Joe Louis to defeat Max Schmeling in the rematch?
22. What transformed America into the greatest power on Earth?
Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________ Period: ______
America: The Story of Us
Bust ~ Episode 9
1. By 1929, more money was spent on advertising than on what?
2. What was the name of the man who is about to shake America’s confidence in
its banks to its very core?
3. What happened by mid-afternoon at the bank?
4. What ultimately happened to the Bank of the United States the next day?
5. By 1933, there were 28 states without what?
6. What did the federal government give the go ahead to build on March 4, 1941?
7. How did men get poisoned in the tunnels at Hoover Dam?
8. How did Frank Crowe deal with the heat and hardening of the concrete?
9. What town did the Hoover Dam workers go to drink and gamble at?
10. What was the worst environmental disaster in United States history?
11. When cattle died, what were in the stomachs of the cows?
12. By 1936, how much money were farmers losing a day as a result of this environmental catastrophe?
13. What was one of the few things to bring comfort to those who stay?
14. What monument was created with the blasting of solid rock?
15. What created the unexpected blast to the dynamite while Bill Reynolds was working?
16. What 4 presidents are featured on this monument?
a. _________________________
c. _________________________
b. _________________________
d. _________________________
17. What did it take to pull America out of its economic slump?
18. How many people listened to the Joe Louis (United States) and Max Schmeling (Germany) fight?
19. Who won the fight?
20. Seventy million people tuned in via radio across the country. How many around the world tuned in?
21. How many seconds did it take for Joe Louis to defeat Max Schmeling in the rematch?
22. What transformed America into the greatest power on Earth?