Unit 8: Early 20th Century Georgia crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a time period in which a geographical area receives less than 2 inches of precipitation annually.
  2. 5. act that allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries in exchange for US rights in their military bases
  3. 9. insect whose larvae food on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the southeastern United States
  4. 11. the most destructive war in human history; America entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attack on pearl habor
  5. 13. New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers
  6. 14. Goergia congressman who was an advocate for a strong US military; served 25 terms in the US house of Representatives, making him the longest serving congressman in US history
  7. 16. a factor that led to the Great Depression; farmers continued to produce record numbers of crop yield though the demand for agricultural products was limited; this drove the cost of these products down.
Down
  1. 2. Georgia governor and influential long term US senator
  2. 3. American Naval base in Hawaii; a surprise attack on the base by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941 resulted in the US entering world war 2
  3. 4. Goergia city that was home to Roosevelt's "little white house" site's warm water mineral springs were used as a rehabilitation center for polio victims.
  4. 6. four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
  5. 7. major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917
  6. 8. the New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas
  7. 10. commonly known as FDR, was an AMerican statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death at Warm springs,Georgia in 1945; visited Goergia more than 40 times for his treatment of polio at warm springs
  8. 12. a New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products
  9. 15. name given to a series of federal programs spearhead by president Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great depression
  10. 17. a New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects