History Test 7 due March 1st
Across
- 2. economic system allowing individuals to own businesses and make a living without government control; free enterprise
- 4. (NBC) – first national radio network
- 6. – area of the Great Plains where severe drought caused dust storms and crop failure
- 8. – English Passenger ship sunk by a German torpedo
- 11. – battle in which American and French soldiers fought against German soldiers the deadliest battle in U.S. History
- 15. – countries that did not take sides during the war
- 18. – German Submarines
- 19. – U.S. law that required all men from 21-30 to register for military service
- 21. 29th president of the United States; established the Veteran’s Bureau
- 22. items that can me touched and used
- 23. Valley Authority –(TVA) – program created by Franklin Roosevelt to hire men to build dams along the rivers of Tennessee
- 27. study of making, buying, and selling goods or services
- 31. – organization created to help achieve racial equality
- 33. = Constitutional Amendment that gave women the right to vote
- 35. – Organization for the purpose of international peace
- 37. – certificate granting part ownership of a company
- 40. – 30th president of the United States; Known as “Silent Cal”
- 41. – U.S. Federal holiday on November 11 to honor American veterans who have served in the military previously Armistice Day
- 43. time when the economy of a country slows because of less buying and selling of products
- 52. – lawyer who won the case against teaching evolution in Tennessee public schools
- 53. – right to vote
- 54. how much of an item is needed
- 55. economy in which all property is owned by a common by the people and controlled by the government
- 56. something not needed to survive
- 58. and Susan B Anthony – leaders in the women’s suffrage movement
- 60. – time when many Black Americans moved North to find jobs
- 61. – group of Russian Communists led by Vladimir Lenin that took over the Russian government in 1917
- 64. – bill which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States
- 66. (WPA) program created by Franklin Roosevelt to hire men for jobs in highway and bridge construction
- 67. – time of financial struggle from 1929-1940
- 68. – decade after World War I
Down
- 1. leader of Bolshevik Revolution the first communist Dictator of Russia
- 3. – future ruler of Austria- Hungary assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian teenager
- 5. quantity of an available item
- 7. – creator of the cartoon character Mickey Mouse; early filmmaker
- 9. – 1918 ______ _______ was an influenza pandemic that spread worldwide from 1918-1919
- 10. – public works project to provide hydroelectricity for several southwestern states
- 12. = organization formed during World War Ito provide food for U.S. troops and Allied countries in Europe
- 13. something that you cannot do without
- 14. – world’s first communist state
- 16. – 32nd President of the United States; President during World War II
- 17. – system in which stocks are bought, sold, and traded
- 20. – cease fire agreement
- 24. – event in which the stock market hit an all-time low marking the beginning of the Great Depression
- 25. – repealed the 18th amendment making alcohol sales legal again
- 26. – 31st President of the United States president during the Great Depression
- 28. (ACLU) – Organization formed to protect the constitutional rights of Americans
- 29. – one who owns stock in a company
- 30. – letter from Germany promising American land to Mexico if they helped Germany during the war
- 32. (CCC) – young men whose job was to plant trees and work on soil and water conservation
- 34. – treaty signed in France in 1919 officially ending World War I
- 36. things that are done for you by another person
- 38. Ruth = most popular baseball player of the 1920’s
- 39. government fund that workers contribute to in order to receive monthly funds after they retire
- 42. form of government led by a dictator with absolute rule and control
- 44. – United States commander during World War I
- 45. – American flying Ace who shot down over 20 enemy planes
- 46. movement begun in New York City to encourage Black culture in the areas of art, Literature, and Music
- 47. – set dates for beginning and end of terms for President and Congress stated that if a president elect died before taking office the vice president elect would become president
- 48. countries that sided together against Germany
- 49. ruler of Germany in 1914
- 50. – weapons
- 51. – a way to purchase items by promising to make payments until the item is paid in full
- 57. – counties that sided with Germany
- 59. – war fought between the Allied powers and Central Powers from 1914-1918, Later called World War I
- 62. limited availability of an item
- 63. increase in prices of goods and services
- 65. – Roosevelt’s plan giving government more power to help the nation recover financially from the Great Depression