Your Name: ______
Viewing Guide: “The Story of Us: Boom!”
Directions: Watch “The Story of Us: Boom!” (link found on my website) answer the following questions. You do not have to use complete sentences, but you need enough detail to show understanding.
1. Describe what happened at the location known as “Spindletop”?
2. What year did this occur? ______
3. What future long term economic ($$) effects on our country come from the innovation at Spindletop? List at least 2.
4. Who was the innovator of the automobile profiled in this car story? ______
5. What is the name of the method he created that revolutionizes car production?
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6. What was the model name of his revolutionary vehicle? ______
7. THINK: List some future effects (at least 2) America will see as a result of “the automobile”?
8. What was the purpose of the aqueduct in California?
9. What types of people made up the “Great Migration”: ______
10. To where were these people moving? ______
11. List 2 reasons were they moving this direction.
12. Describe what started the Chicago Race Riots.
13. As a result of continued discrimination in the North, how will African Americans re-act for the long term? (think geography!)
14. Describe Billy Sunday and what he was trying to do:
15. What did Prohibition make illegal? ______
16. What is “bootlegging”?
17. What is moonshine?
18. As a result of the 18th Amendment, what increases?
19. How do men like Al Capone, Lucky Luciana, King Solomon, etc. make their money?
20. What is Calvin Goodard famous for creating?
21. The 16th Amendment allows the federal government to collect ______tax.
22. What crime was gangster Al Capone finally convicted of?
23. Why was Prohibition finally abolished (ended)?
24. Which Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment? ______