USII 14.1 & 14.3 Review

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Across
  1. 2. - basic cargo transport used during the war.
  2. 5. - The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of ____.
  3. 6. - The most difficult task facing cities with war industries was ____.
  4. 8. - one way to produce more food for the war effort.
  5. 10. - an African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio.
  6. 11. - Companies that wanted to convert their factories to war production received loans from the ____ ____ ____ (acronym).
  7. 13. - first civil rights agency established by the federal government since the Reconstruction era.
  8. 14. - made more than 12,000 airplane deliveries (acronym).
  9. 17. - After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, two members of Congress introduced the _____ ____ ____.
  10. 19. - Americans bought over $150 Billion worth of ____ to pay for the war.
  11. 20. - The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler’s racism and racism at home in a campaign called the ______.
Down
  1. 1. - agreements that the government made with companies instead of asking for bids.
  2. 3. - In 1942 Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to relocate to ____ ____.
  3. 4. - tried to help Japanese Americans who had lost property during the relocation.
  4. 7. - This government agency began rationing, or limiting the availability of, many consumer products. (acronym)
  5. 9. - created to stabilize both wages and prices.
  6. 12. - symbol of the campaign to hire women during World War II.
  7. 15. - nickname for American soldiers because of their clothing.
  8. 16. - To help farmers in the Southwest overcome the labor shortage, the government introduced the ____ ____.
  9. 18. - During World War II, the Army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from ____.