U.S. History Crossword
Across
- 5. An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
- 7. The desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
- 11. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the base, and the United States entered World War II the following day
- 12. The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
- 14. A plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I
- 15. The practice or system of owning slaves.
- 16. The period after the Civil War in which the states formerly part of the Confederacy were brought back into the United States
- 18. A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers and the Allies
- 20. A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies and Central power
Down
- 1. An area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion, caused by windstorms, in the early 1930s
- 2. A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
- 3. A war between citizens of the same country
- 4. A supporter of the Confederate States of America
- 6. The financial and industrial slump of 1929
- 8. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
- 9. The day when Japan formally surrendered
- 10. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt
- 13. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
- 17. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s
- 19. The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy