Across
- 5. a period between governments or presidents (ex: Hoover to FDR)
- 8. allies during WWII; Soviet Union - Stalin, United Kingdom - Churchill, United States - Roosevelt
- 10. Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages
- 11. 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes and businesses
- 12. the name of the American B-29 bomber, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr., that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
- 14. June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
- 15. A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
- 16. WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date
- 17. A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
- 18. A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
- 20. A series of riots in L.A. California during WW2, soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican youths because of the zoot suits they wore.
- 22. The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a Victory over racism at home as well as Victory abroad."
- 23. the belief, strongly held by Herbert Hoover and others, that hard work and individual effort, absent government interference, comprised the formula for success in the U.S.
Down
- 1. One of Herbert Hoover's earliest efforts to protect the nation's farmers following the onset of the Great Depression. Tariff raised rates to an all-time high.
- 2. A relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil.
- 3. an unofficial advisory cabinet to President Franklin Roosevelt, originally gathered while he was governor of New York, to present possible solutions to the nations' problems
- 4. October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression
- 6. New Deal agency that helped create jobs for those that needed them. It created around 9 million jobs working on bridges, roads, and buildings
- 7. Nine young black men between the ages of 13 to 19 were accused of of raping two white women by the names of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. All of the young men were charged and convicted of rape by white juries, despite the weak and contradictory testimonies of the witnesses
- 9. Temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group
- 13. A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
- 19. equipment and supplies used by the military
- 21. (FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health