“America the Story of Us” Video Guide



1. The “boom” of the 1920’s was based on ___________________.

2. In 1929, ________ percent of Americans had no savings at all.

3. In the last 60 days of 1930, 600 _______________ shut.

4. ___________ million Americans had no source of income.

5. In March of 1931, the government gave the “go ahead” to build the _______________

6. ___________ _____________ poisoning claimed hundreds of men working on the engineering project.

7. This project was the 1930’s equivalent of putting a man on the ________________.

8. The Hoover Dam was completed ______________ years ahead of schedule.

9. It became the largest ____________________ power plant in the world.

10. The Hoover Dam made the city of __________ _________________ boom.

11. In 1934, _____________ fell across America due to severe _____________ storms.

12. The Great Plains had been used up by four generations of ____________________.

13. Dust Pneumonia was known as the ______________ _________________.

14. ____________ _______________ of “Dust Bowlers” stick it out.

15. ________________ was one of the few things to bring comfort to those that stayed behind on the Great Plains.

16. _______________ _________________ was blasted out of solid rock.

17. The project was part of President Roosevelt’s ___________ ______________.

18. Name the four presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore:

22. It will take _______________ ____________ ______ to take America out of its economic slump.

23. The two boxers were an example of totalitarianism and ______________________.

24. Hitler said America’s mistake was freeing the ______________________.

25. ________ __________________ defeated the “master race”.

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