Lucas crossword 3-8 feb

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Across
  1. 6. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. The attack devastated the American fleet America declared war on
  2. 8. Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.
  3. 12. New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas.
  4. 14. Talmadge, elected governor 4 times (but died before he took office for his 4th term) Did not support the New Deal Scandal during 3rd term will cause UGA to lose its accreditation Supported white supremacy and gained most of his votes from rural farmers.
  5. 15. A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
  6. 16. A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
Down
  1. 1. Insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the southeastern United States.
  2. 2. Served in the US House of Representatives for 50 years (longer than any other congressman in US history) "Father of the two ocean navy".
  3. 3. A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the US.
  4. 4. GA Governor and U.S. Senator (seven consecutive terms). chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee-helped to bring military bases to GA "father of the school lunch program".
  5. 5. A condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them.
  6. 7. German submarine sank the ship which Germans believed was carrying contraband goods.
  7. 8. One of the worst droughts in Georgia's history led to a depression in the state that predated the Great Depression.
  8. 9. Another leading component to the start of the Great Depression The stock became very popular in the 1920's, then in 1929 in took a steep downturn and many lost their money and hope they had put in to the stock.
  9. 10. A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
  10. 11. Roosevelt(FDR), President who led the United States out of the Great Depression with his New Deal.
  11. 13. 1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security.