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- 3. World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
- 4. Manhattan Project a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
- 7. also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
- 9. Bomb a bomb that produces an extremely powerful explosion when atoms are split apart
- 10. Buwl an area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion
- 13. Bill a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 14. a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime.
- 15. Valley Authority a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation
- 17. Randolph was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties.
- 18. New Deal to characterize the second stage, 1935-36, of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 20. Alamos a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center
- 21. of Berlin was the last major battle in Europe during World War II. It resulted in the surrender of the German army and an end to Adolf Hitler's rule.
- 22. Security Act to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
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- 1. Act a foundational statute of United States labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees
- 2. the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war
- 5. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
- 6. a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage
- 8. long an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932
- 11. a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
- 12. Depression A major economic collapse that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.
- 16. Roosevelt an American politician, diplomat, and activist.
- 19. Market Crash a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section
- 23. Lease the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress