America: Story of US - episode 9: Bust

What is the financial boom of the 1920s built on?

• explosives

• credit

• houses

• cars

What dam is Frank Crowe assigned to build?

• beaver

• Clark's Hill

• Hoover

• Three Gorges

How many men does Frank Crowe hire to build the dam?

• 500

• 5,000

• 50,000

• 500,000

What happened during the Dust Storm of 1934?

• dry soil was blown away by high winds

• static electricity attracted more loose soil

• a giant dust cloud formed, blowing across the country

• the sky turned dark as the cloud blocked the sun

What invention links the country together?

• radio

• television

• satellites

• motion pictures

Which African American boxer fought against Germany's Max Schmeling?

• Sugar Ray Robinson

• Mike Tyson

• Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)

• Joe Louis

According to the book you were assigned on Epic, who was the president when the stock market crashed?

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• George Bush

According to the book you were assigned on Epic, who was the president that created the New Deal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jimmy Carter

Why was Mount Rushmore built?

• To attract tourists and earn money.

• It's fun to build things.

• Presidents are cool to look at.

• Rock climbers got bored.

The Lakota Sioux already had a name for this mountain before it was carved into Mount Rushmore. What was it?

• Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (the Six Grandfathers)

• The six entities honored are the supernatural deities responsible for Lakota creation: North, South, East, West, Above (sky), and Below (Earth).

• This site remains remains an important spiritual site for the Lakota.

• “The Black Hills have always been a place for healing. We respect that the Earth heals itself. On its own timeline, the mountain will heal itself.”