This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of World War II & Holocaust has 28 clues. Answers range from 3 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Expresses the health of the economy
Manufacturers retooled their plants to produce _______ goods
Propoganda is ______ information, and appeals to the viewer's emotions
Propoganda was first used in the 17th century by the _____ ______
Over 6 _____ women worked in factories during WWII
The Community Facilities Act of 1942 included the first government _______ facilities in the US
_____ spending jumped from $1.5 billion in 1940 to $81 billion in1945
The need for workers led manufacturers to hire _____, teenagers, the aged, and minorities.
Purchase War ______
"Rosie the Riveter" became the "revised image of the _____idea"
It was a misconception that women were _____ of manual and technical labor
With the help of women, production of aircrafts, ships, tanks, etc _____ between 1939 and 1945
_____ GDP is nominal GDP and strips effects of inflation.
Virtually _____ employment was achieved during WWII
How did the US portray their enemies in propganda?
The government proposed _______ to limit the gas being used by civilians
Aircrafts, engines, tanks, and munitions were produced on the _________ _____
After the war most women wanted to _____ their jobs.
Similar to today, women did not get _____ pay for doing the same work as men.
What values did the government try to promote?
______ became a part of everyday life because they lived with price controls and shortages of everything
______ gardens were used to supplement food stores during WWII
Rationing was used to ensure troops had supplies and to prevent ______
Children would collect cans, pots, pans, and old metal toys in _____ for community scrap drives
Red stamps were for meat, and butter; blue stamps were for canned goods; other stamps could be used to buy ______
Victory _____ contained such vegetables as beans, cabbage, beets, broccoli, carrots, and cucumbers
Victory gardens were planted in small plots in yards, or large _____ lots and parks
Open-hearth furnaces needed a 50/50 mixture of pig iron and scrap to produce _____