“America the Story of Us” Video Guide



“America the Story of Us” Video Guide

“Boom”

1 point each

1. _____________ powered the 20th Century.

2. Until recently before 1900, ______________ oil had cornered the market.

3. New technology was a ________________ _______________ that drills a pipe through the ground.

4. A geyser of crude oil shot nearly ______________ feet into the air.

5. _______________________ changed everything, because it drastically increased oil production.

6. Oil became cheaper than _________________ and was cheap enough to produce _______________________.

7. ________________ ______________ was a maverick, visionary and obsessive and a man with a bad reputation.

8. There were only _______________ cars in the U.S. in 1908.

9. Cars were made in a revolutionary way…. the ________________ _______________.

10. In 1913, a Model T cost __________ years wages, and by 1924 it was just __________________ months.

11. By 1924, there was a new Model T every __________ seconds.

12. In the 1920’s cities spread outwards and _____________________ sprung up outside of the cities.

13. ______________________ was supposed to be a temporary sign in Los Angeles in the 1920’s.

14. The ___________ ________________ aqueduct took _______ years to complete and at the time, was the largest water project in the ________________.

15. Local _________________ attempted to blow the aqueduct 10 times.

16. The large movement of African-Americans from the South to the North was called the ____________________ __________________.

17. Many African-Americans headed North to work in the _______________ plant.

18. The fuse between African Americans and whites was lit in the summer of 1919 in ____________________.

19. This incident was called the Chicago ______________ ______________ of 1919. ___________ people were killed.

20. In 1920, for the first time, more Americans live in _______________ areas than rural.

21. On January 16th, 1919, the __________ Amendment was ratified, making alcohol illegal.

22. Outrunning the ____________ was the new extreme sport of the 1920’s.

23. America’s first _______________ cars were created in the 1920’s.

24. ________________ ________________ had a stranglehold that stretched across the country.

25. In Chicago, the most notorious gangster of all was ___________ ___________________.

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