Unit 7 Vocabulary

32nd President a.k.a FDR (1882-1945)

Factory located in Marietta, GA, that produced B-29 bombers for the U.S. war effort.

A British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans in 1915.

U.S. cargo ships were made during WW2. In all 187 ships were made in Georgia.

The most destructive war in human history. (1939-1945)

Insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the southeast.

Georgia city that was home to Roosevelt's "Little White House".

American Naval Base in Hawaii; a surprise attack by the Japanese caused America to enter WW2.

A factor that led to the great depression. A major stock market collapse.

A major war primarily between European powers; US entered in 1917.