History Crossword puzzle
Across
- 2. War, Canada, following the loss of lives in WWII and the Korean War, chose not to get involved in what war?
- 6. war 2, A war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945
- 9. Perri, He was one of the most prominent Prohibition-era crime figures in Canada
- 10. Market, This market crashed in 1929
- 12. a social and economic system that encourages people to be constantly buying new stuff
- 13. An election in Quebec to make it either stay a province or make it independent
- 14. an aerial battle between fighters
- 16. kitchens, Typical free meal served to poor people in public kitchens
- 18. war, War that never saw direct combat between the two major powers (USA and USSR).
- 19. Hideouts that the allied and axis powers both fought across from each other, they were very long narrow holes
- 20. war, A war that happened in what countries under china
- 23. largest seaborne invasion in history
- 25. dust bowl, Area in the Midwest that suffered from drought during the Great Depression
- 26. Tax, was introduced in Canada to help fund the war effort as well was supposed to be temporary
Down
- 1. Ridge, Often considered to be the battle that defined Canada’s independence during World War 1
- 3. Bomb, weapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting of heavy elements such as plutonium or uranium.
- 4. Gas, Start of Chemical warfare what was this chemical called during World war 1?
- 5. Beach, This beach was was being captured by Canada during D-Day
- 7. Outlawed alcoholic drinks but not in Quebec
- 8. Twenties, The years before the Great Depression are called
- 11. the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service
- 12. X, unofficial name of the secret Special Training School during world war 2
- 14. Raid, an Allied amphibious attack which ultimately failed
- 15. explosion, the French ship Mont Blanc, carrying ammunition, collided with the Belgian relief ship Imo which caused an explosion in what city in Nova scotia?
- 16. Race, 20th-century competition between the two Cold War adversaries to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
- 17. War one, A war that started from 1914 until 1918
- 21. Capone, was a notorious mob boss in Chicago during Prohibition in the US and stole alcohol from Canada
- 22. of the Atlantic, The struggle between the axis and the allied powers for control of the sea routes
- 24. orange, a highly toxic chemical. They used it with the intent to eliminate soldiers during the Vietnam war, but it drastically affected local populations and wildlife.
- 27. Crisis, Was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people