Unit 10 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A period of US economic decline lasting from 1929 until the mid-1940s when the U.S. entered WWII
  2. 6. federal agency established in 1936 by the Rural Electrification Act to bring electricity to rural areas
  3. 8. Invasive beetle that feeds on flowers and cotton buds; proved disastrous to cotton producers during the Great Depression
  4. 10. A period of little or no rainfall; caused the Dust Bowl in the US in the 1930s
  5. 12. Georgia governor who served 3 terms in the 1930s and 1940s
  6. 14. A corporation active during WWII that manufactured the B-29 aircraft
  7. 15. laws enacted by FDR during the Great Depression to rebuild US economy
  8. 16. "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy"
  9. 18. A Great Depression-era work relief program putting young men to work in rural areas
  10. 19. the largest war in history; conflict in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean
Down
  1. 1. provides income to the elderly based on payments made into the system
  2. 2. US president from 1933-1945 during the Great Depression and WWII
  3. 4. deepwater ports in Georgia important to the US during WWII
  4. 5. Hawian naval base attacked by Japan on 12/7/41 leading US entry to WWII
  5. 7. 1938 federal law ruled unconstitutional, modified, and passed setting quotas on farm produce to keep farmers in business
  6. 9. 1941 Act, signed by FDR, allowing the US to aid to Great Britain and the Allies in WWII
  7. 11. Included Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, Camp Benning
  8. 13. "The Great War"
  9. 17. former Georgia governor and US senator who worked to strengthen national defense and opposed civil rights