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America: The Story of Us

Episode 11-Superpower

1. In Postwar America, how much more does the average family earn than those living in Europe?

2. Postwar America had a land mass of ________________________________and its road system was

____________________________.

3. When President Eisenhower was a young soldier, how long did it take him to drive across the country?

4. What natural feature served as Americas first highway system?

5. What became the biggest engineering project in American history?

6. How much did this engineering project cost?

7. With the Interstate Highway System complete, how long does it now take to drive across the country?

8. In 1955, America was producing ________________________% of the worlds automobiles.

9. In 1946, how many babies were delivered in America every hour?

10. What was Americas most famous postwar housing development?

11. By 1960, what percentage of Americans owned their own homes?

12. According to Martha Stewart, what is the most important social unit in the United States?

13. During the 1960s, what part of the country experienced a population increase and what technological

advancement helped facilitate the migration?

14. In 1959, how long did it take the Boeing 707 to make the journey from New York to Los Angeles?

15. How much fuel was left in the lunar module when it landed on the moon?

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16. How many American astronauts reached the moon?

17. In 1861, how many slaves were living in America?

18. How many individuals died during the Chicago Race Riots of 1919?

19. In what month and year did the United States desegregate the military?

20. In what year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

21. What secret code name was given to the atomic weapons project and who was the individual that

supervised the project team?

22. Who became Americas great rival on the world stage and what was the conflict between the two nations

called?

23. From 1940-1996, how much did the United States spend on nuclear weapons?

24. In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?

25. According to General Tommy Franks, what are the most important American values?

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 Answers Time
1. 15 times more 2:05

2. 9 million square miles/not working 2:42

3. 62 days 3:25

4. The rivers 3:51

5. Interstate Highway System 5:30

6. 129 billion dollars 5:39

7. 4 Days 7:35

8. 80% 9:30

9. 330 an hour or 1 every 10 seconds 13:26

10. The Levittown 14:35

11. 60% 16:45

12. The family 17:10

13. The South/Air conditioning 18:15

14. 6 Hours 22:05

15. Less than 30 seconds 26:00

16. 24 27:50

17. Nearly 4 million 29:30

18. 38 31:15

19. July/1948 32:25

20. 1964- One year after The March on Washington 36:18

21. The Manhattan Project/Robert Oppenheimer 37:35

22. Soviet Union/Cold War 38:20

23. 5.5 trillion dollars 40:00

24. 1962 42:10

25. Family, faith, and the American flag 44:40

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7 78
8 75
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10 69
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13 59
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17 47
18 44
19 41
20 38
21 34
22 31
23 28
24 25
25 22
26 19
27 16
28 13
29 9
30 6
31 3
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