OC - USH - America - The Story of US (Bust)

Credit was widely used, but what percentage of Americans did not have savings?

• 8%

• 18%

• 48%

• 80%

Why was it a problem for the bank to cash out stock?

• They weren't bailed out by the government and banks depended on their stocks

• They were run by the Federal Government

• They were run by the State Governments

• They knew the government would bail them out so they acted cautiously.

Who funded the Hoover Dam?

• Tax Payers (Government)

• Las Vegas Casino Owners

• Private Investors

• Stock Market

Being that it was constructed in the midst of the Great Depression, what does the Hoover Dam symbolize?

• America's fortitude, ingenuity, and ability to transform itself

• Greed and Corruption

• Wastefulness. The $ should have gone to other things that needed it.

• It is a land of immigrants

What natural resource did Frank Crow used to harnish energy for the surrounding area?

• Sierra Forrest

• California Aqueduct System

• Colorado River

• Coal from the Sierra Mountains

What major U.S. city was transformed by the expansion that came thanks to the electricity generated from the Hoover Dam?

• Los Angeles

• Las Vegas

• San Franciso

• Salt Lake City

What natural disaster hit the Great Plains of the U.S. in 1934?

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Dust Storms

• Blizzard

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the "Dust Bowl"?

• The Great Plains soil is naturally mean for shallow farming or grazing, not the generations of wheat, etc that was farmed before the Dust Bowl hit.

• Four generations of farmers, who plowed it so often, it easily dried up in a drought.

• An earthquake in Dubai that caused tsunamis in the Middle East that caused huge clouds of dirt and dust to drift across the face of the Earth and into the Great Plains.

• A severe drought that hit the Great Plains region.

The little girl, Jean, represents many children who developed what health hazard during the Dust Bowl?

• Bed bugs

• Dust Pneumonia

• Dust Cancer

• Asthma

How did most people deal with Dust Bowl?

• Hid in their homes or migrated west.

• Continued farming as usual

• Protested in Washington D.C. for welfare benefits

• By ignoring it.