20th Century Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The Wall Street crash on October 28, 1929, which led to the United States have its great depression.
  2. 5. This is the act established by the United States that let America rent or lend materials and war supplies to countries that are deemed to be vital to the protection of the U.S.
  3. 6. This is the event where Japan bombed Hawaii on December 7th. 1941, which lead to the U.S. declaring war on Germany and the axis powers.
  4. 7. This acronym describes the second World War, where Germany had gotten fed up of being put to blame for WWI by other countries, leading them become allies with Italy and Japan, and then declaring war on Poland and France.
  5. 9. This is the word that describes the over usage of farm crops during the 1920's to where there were more crops produced than used/consumed.
  6. 13. This is the president that brought the United States out of the Great Depression with his New Deal policies.
  7. 16. This is the name of the telegram that was supposed to be sent to Mexico from Germany, stating that they should join forces and declare war on the United States.
  8. 17. This is the British ship that got sunk down by a German U-boat and is one of the contributing factors of why the United States joined World War One.
Down
  1. 1. This was a series of acts, programs, and projects established by FDR that brought the United States out of the Great Depression.
  2. 3. This act established electricity in rural areas, including farms and small villages.
  3. 4. This is the person who reorganized Georgia's bureaucracy and helped Georgia regain it's economy by encouraging economical development.
  4. 8. This was the period during the 1930's where numerous dust storms hit the southern plains of the United States, damaging the agricultural economy of the United States.
  5. 10. He was the 67th governor of Georgia who served from 1933 to 1946.
  6. 11. He was the person who served as a representative in the house for Georgia, and is known for influencing the expansion of the U.S. navy.
  7. 12. This is the word that describes a specific time where the weather is exceedingly dry
  8. 14. He was the insect/pest that had been brought upon the cotton belt by multiple dust storms. This insect thrived on cotton pollen, destroying cotton crops.
  9. 15. This is the acronym that described the first world war, where Germany, the Austria-Hungarian empire, and their allies invade France and their allies over a political assassination.