Show:
Ep 8 Part 1
Ep 8 Part 2
Ep 8 Part 3
Episode 8 & 9
Episode 9
100
What did men call oil?
Black Gold
100
LA was running out of what resource?
Water
100
What was prohibition?
The total ban of alcohol.
100
By 1929 more money was spent on __________________ than _______________________.
advertising & education
100
In the 1930's what was the most common household item?
The Radio
200
What state did they discover oil in?
Texas
200
What was the Great Migration?
Black Southerners were on the move to the North.
200
When did prohibition start?
January 16, 1919
200
What crashed in October 1929?
The US Stock Market
200
The Hoover Dam was built on what river?
The Colorado River
300
What former car maker let Henry Ford go before he went to make his own cars and a name for himself?
Cadillac
300
What caused the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 to begin?
An african american man died by being hit with a rock by a white man.
300
Al Capone was known as what?
A Gangster
300
What is Frank Crowe known for?
Building the Hoover Dam.
300
WHile building the Hoover Dam, workers became sick because of what?
The fumes inside the tunnels.
400
How did Henry Ford make cars?
Via a production line (mass production)
400
Where did LA plan to build their aqueduct?
Owens Valley (The Switzerland of California)
400
How long did the Chicago Race Riots last and how many people were wounded/died?
Lasted 8 Days 500 Wounded 38 Died
400
When was prohibition abolished and why?
December 5, 1933 and because the government needed cash.
400
From 1930 to 1932 how many Americans were unemployed?
4-12 million.
500
What was the car that Henry Ford produced for the "common man"?
The Model T
500
What are the 4 "vital ingredients" that allowed LA to become the fastest growing city in America?
1) Water 2) Entertainment 3) Land 4) Oil
500
What was the exact month/date/year of the Chicago Race Riots?
July 27, 1919
500
February 14, 1929 was know as what?
The St. Valentines Day Massacre
500
When was the Hoover Dam completed?
September 30, 1935