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Heroes I Week 14 Will Rogers

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  • The Great Depression was started when
    the Titanic sunk
    the Stock Market Crashed
    the city of Chicago burned down
    the President was assassinated
  • Will Rogers was best know for his wit and wisdom in his weekly column for the Saturday Evening Post.
    False
    True
  • Will Rogers was one of the few actors to be successful in silent films as well as talkies
    True
    False
  • President Hoover felt that the economy would recover on its own.
    True
    False
  • Problems during the Great Depression included
    bank closures
    the Dust Bowl
    all of the above
    high unemployment
  • Will Rogers first performed his trick rope show
    on the radio
    on Broadway
    in Wild West Shows
    in the movies
  • Will Rogers was born in Indian Territory, known today as the state of
    Oklahome
    Texas
    Indiana
    Tennessee
  • In the 1920s many people were buying stocks
    to fund retirement
    as lottery tickets to strike it rich
    to supplement their income
    for all of the above reasons
  • Ziegfeld's Follies featured numbers by showgirls and
    song and dance numbers
    all of the above
    comedians
    magic acts
  • In 1929 most people owned stocks.
    False
    True
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